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Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by robbiep on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:48AM (#50455508)
I’m sorry what? There are phone network providers that pump out your phone’s wifi and data connection without telling you?

I’m not sure I believe you? (Not that I can’t believe a company would do something dodgy behind your back, but I just don’t think our phones would go that far off piste - opening a wifi network has battery power implications that I think would have been discovered/widely known before(

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Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by stuxnet79 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:48PM (#50456225)
Not only that, if you have home internet they will pimp it out to nearby cellphones because that helps patch up weak network connectivity in certain areas.

Comcast / Xfinity definitely does this. I have gotten many 'suspicious activity' CAPTCHAs on popular websites because of this and the routers provided by Xfinity are very locked down so you can't do anything about it.

Let's not even get into WiFi Motion which I'm sure is enabled by default in most households [1]

[1] https://www.xfinity.com/hub/smart-home/wifi-motion

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