Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?
by bryanrasmussen on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:05PM
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Ok, so...
TV phones home a lot, with info about stuff, some info big lots of bandwidth.
could there be an attack with buying some tvs and putting them on public WiFi - and could one find a way to increase the amount the tv was sending so it amounted to an attack - but still have plausible deniability.
If tvs were put on public wifi, which I guess there is no reason why you shouldn't put your tv on public wifi, and the tv is using lots of bandwidth, and your tv is popular in a country with lots of free wifi, is that tv manufacturer guilty of an attack on the free wifi infrastructure of that country?
I'm asking for a short story or several I might write some day.
TV phones home a lot, with info about stuff, some info big lots of bandwidth.
could there be an attack with buying some tvs and putting them on public WiFi - and could one find a way to increase the amount the tv was sending so it amounted to an attack - but still have plausible deniability.
If tvs were put on public wifi, which I guess there is no reason why you shouldn't put your tv on public wifi, and the tv is using lots of bandwidth, and your tv is popular in a country with lots of free wifi, is that tv manufacturer guilty of an attack on the free wifi infrastructure of that country?
I'm asking for a short story or several I might write some day.