It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV

Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by mschuster91 on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:55AM (#31039637)

> It's not connected to internet.

Just wait until one of your neighbors gets a DSL or cable contract with a deal like "share your electricity with us to run a public hotspot and get free access to our nationwide hotspot network in turn". There have been complaints about smart TVs automatically connecting to open WiFi networks [1], it's not that far fetched to assume some manufacturer will sooner or later cut a deal with Comcast or other providers.

Or that your smart TV gets its own embedded DOCSIS modem - one would not even be able to spot that except by dissecting the firmware! - or LTE modems. All it takes is the smell of enough profits.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25276291

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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by phendrenad2 on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:06PM (#31041810)

I'm skeptical about that report. Maybe the user's roommate set up wifi? Or maybe the TV was refurbished and happened to be configured to connect to a common network name like "AT&T WIFI". It's foolish to just accept one random report on the internet as truth.

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