All smart TVs should be disconnected from the internet. Use an AppleTV or similar.
Cpoll•17m ago
Not sufficient, given reports of TVs and other devices automatically creating mesh networks. Your disconnected TV could talk to your neighbour's connected one. If anything, I wonder why LG isn't already doing it.
deadbunny•14m ago
Could you link to these reports, the ones with evidence?
I’ve heard rumors of that, and also of TVs shipping with cellular modems with which to phone home. I don’t know if either have been confirmed, but it would be ridiculous for such a thing to be legal.
Jonnax•6m ago
Which manufacturers and which TVs?
Otherwise it's just some 10+ year old rumour
krtkush•17m ago
I have connected it to my network and then blocked it off the internet via Pi-hole. That way, I hope, it'll not try to scan for other open networks.
orev•6m ago
It’s still scanning (or at least listening to) all the other devices on your local network, like your phones, PCs, etc. It collects an inventory and if it ever happens to get Internet access, uploads that data.
ortusdux•12m ago
I've said it before, but I wish a somewhat trustworthy organization would create a 'DUMB' certification - "Don't Upload My Bits".
slackfan•11m ago
But I was reliably informed this never happens!
(Reasons I own an NEC commercial display instead)
Jonnax•5m ago
By who? Manufacturers have been public about selling viewing data and put it in their user agreements.
ChrisArchitect•36m ago