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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by pwdisswordfish9 on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:42PM (#29385002)
What do you need security updates for if you don’t connect it to the Internet?
Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by tomnipotent on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:02PM (#29385242)
Updates include more than just security fixes.
Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by spurgu on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:21PM (#29385457)
Yes but to nitpick he already mentioned bugfixes and file format support alongside security fixes (which he wouldn't/shouldn't need). :)
Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by yholio on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:01PM (#29385837)
I disagree. You can have security bugs in non-connected devices, for example crafted file formats or metadata that can carry executable payload, worms that force their way in though some insecure Bluetooth receiver, or even by infecting the myriad data channels embedded in modern broadcasting; access to such a broadcast stream might be very lucrative since it will give you access to tens of thousands to tens of millions of devices.

I agree that the target is low value and that the attacker will most likely not bother infecting Android TVs; he would need to force them to connect to WiFi to exfiltrate any data, a very complex and unlikely attack if your TV is not used to monitor uranium centrifuge data.