Your TV Is Spying On You
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You sit down to relax, put on your favorite show, and settle in for a night of binge-watching. But while you’re watching your TV… your TV is watching you.
Smart TVs take constant snapshots of everything you watch. Sometimes hundreds of snapshots a second.
Welcome to the future of "entertainment."
no it isn't. yours might be, but not mine.
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How does that help me though?
Disconnect it from the internet...?
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It's almost like we should have strong data privacy laws so companies can't spy on everything we do...
But think of the corporations! Why isn't anyone thinking of the poor withering corporations?!
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Can I get some more info. Do you know what device on your network is asking for said address?
Roku: has its own problems, but I dont use the smart tv features and turn them all off especially the wifi. It doesnt talk to my isp and ive never got requests from it.
I think it’s my LG TV. But it has its own service that I also block.
Here is the service from xfinity that I’m talking about. It’s relatively new to my network and has increased my blocked percentage by a lot. Mind you, I have 1,900,000+ domains on my blocklist
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Id also like to know what lists hes using
I’m using like 30 block lists with over 1,900,000 blocked domains. There is a site that had a bunch of blocklists and I just grabbed most of them
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What domain do I can make sure it's blocked?
This
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I've really gotta look into pihole.
It’s really been great
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I think it’s my LG TV. But it has its own service that I also block.
Here is the service from xfinity that I’m talking about. It’s relatively new to my network and has increased my blocked percentage by a lot. Mind you, I have 1,900,000+ domains on my blocklist
Are you using isp provided hardware?
My experience with said items has been poor. Literal open doors to your network.
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Is every comment in the world supposed to cater to you? Are people allowed to add to discussions without consulting you first?
Yikes, I didn't know I was being hostile, sorry I hurt your feelings.
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Are you using isp provided hardware?
My experience with said items has been poor. Literal open doors to your network.
I’m using my xfinity router/modem in bridge mode to my router.
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Is every comment in the world supposed to cater to you? Are people allowed to add to discussions without consulting you first?
Is it adding to discussions or just posturing? Much like heavy's comment was about their issues, Lost_My_Mind's was also about their own situation. Why is the latter acceptable and the former not?
My assumption is not because it promotes discussion, but because it's something that's more people emotionally agree with.
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Yikes, I didn't know I was being hostile, sorry I hurt your feelings.
You will never be forgiven!
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You will never be forgiven!
I probably have some bad karma
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So does your isp, and uses that for targeted ads. My pihole is constantly blocking a domain ran by xfinity that collects data for their targeted ad service
I don't think those two facts are related? Your isp doesn't need to connect to its servers from within your local network to track your internet usage. Something else in your network must be trying to connect to that domain
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I probably have some bad karma
Pal, it’s way beyond bad karma at this point!!!
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This
Thanks, looks like it's on the Stevenblack list.
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Id also like to know what lists hes using
It's on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
I also have additional lists from firebog.net, and I use jacklul/pihole-updatelists to maintain it.
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My ACL says my TV can't talk to the internet.
Solar systems have mobile modems in them to phone home
Cars have mobile modems in them to phone home
Maybe some TVs do too
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Solar systems have mobile modems in them to phone home
Cars have mobile modems in them to phone home
Maybe some TVs do too
No carrier has cell service at my house but maybe they will add a sat phone.
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You sit down to relax, put on your favorite show, and settle in for a night of binge-watching. But while you’re watching your TV… your TV is watching you.
Smart TVs take constant snapshots of everything you watch. Sometimes hundreds of snapshots a second.
Welcome to the future of "entertainment."
Stupid TVs FTW. If you can’t buy them stupid, give them a WiFi lobotomy.
