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Re:LG TVs Start Showing Ads on Screensavers by throw0101b on Thursday September 26, 2024 @07:04AM (#41656933)
> You can get same result by just blocking DNS lookups for everything except the sites you want to access.

"Just."

Are you willing to configure such a setup for my mom and Aunt Millie? And provide ongoing technical support?

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Re:LG TVs Start Showing Ads on Screensavers by adriancr on Thursday September 26, 2024 @08:50AM (#41657797)
I have configured this for family and have had no complaints so far, and can walk them through disabling it if it ever gets to it.

Steps are pretty simple:

- build and dump image on a 7$ raspberry pi pico, put that on the network.

- Configure TV DNS server to point to the pico.

- Configure router to block DNS traffic entirely from TV.

- Test

If it works, then it should work a long time. TV won't get any updates, netflix doesn't seem to cycle or add new domains.

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