Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
by jmward01 on Friday December 12, 2025 @08:43PM
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Seems like there is a big opportunity here for something a router distro to combine with a tv jailbreak. How good is the hardware? It would be nice to have my tv serve a couple purposes if it has the hardware to do it.
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Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
by wolrah on Friday December 12, 2025 @11:27PM
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Most smart TVs only have 100mbit ethernet, even "high end" TVs like LG OLEDs. They'd be terrible routers.
Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
by taxmeifyoucan on Saturday December 13, 2025 @03:16AM
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It's a modest ARM CPU, I wouldn't rely on it for a router but it can run Rpi Hole! Also Home Assistant integration, I use the TV remote to control LEDs/lights around the apartment
Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
by cess11 on Saturday December 13, 2025 @07:41AM
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Nice!
Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
by jmward01 on Saturday December 13, 2025 @01:11PM
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I totally forgot about the remote. That really opens up possibilities for home assistant type stuff. I hadn't looked at this space a lot before. I see some articles on how to jailbreak various devices but nothing about standardized distros to put on things out there. Something like dd wrt but for TVs could be pretty amazing. A project that is designed to give you a good interface, is privacy aware and hacker friendly (things that aren't just entertainment like home assistant stuff) would get a lot of interest. There has to be a reason this isn't a thing. I am guessing it is 99% a hardware reason. Maybe that is changing though? Modern devices have to have more capability so I bet the hardware on newer tvs is getting pretty strong.