Your TV Is Spying On You
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I’ve never allowed my TV to have an active route to the internet since I bought it in 2019, it’s exclusively fed over HDMI by gaming consoles and an Apple TV.
The thing is, HDMI 1.4 added HEC, so what’s to prevent media players from serving as an Ethernet switch and providing an internet connection to TVs.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 12:29 zuletzt editiert vonApple TV is watching you
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I mean... Just don't hook the TV up to the internet. Don't join your WiFi network on the TV.
Kind of a simple solution.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 13:20 zuletzt editiert vonYou can't activate the warranty without it. Then once it knows it can go online it will constantly harass you.
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You can't activate the warranty without it. Then once it knows it can go online it will constantly harass you.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 13:37 zuletzt editiert von"You can’t activate the warranty without it"
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What 4K TV can I buy that doesn’t do this guys help? Or should I stick to monitors???
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 13:47 zuletzt editiert vonSceptre still makes TVs that are just that, no underlying smart OS
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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."
Your TV Is Spying On You — Ludlow Institute
Your TV is taking snapshots of everything you watch.
Ludlow Institute (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 13:50 zuletzt editiert vonNo, it's not. It has not connected to the internet.
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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."
Your TV Is Spying On You — Ludlow Institute
Your TV is taking snapshots of everything you watch.
Ludlow Institute (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 14:05 zuletzt editiert vonSpy all you want Agent Hisense of the Roku org, I've got you in a black box. Your communications have been cut! You'll never report back to HQ now!
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You can't activate the warranty without it. Then once it knows it can go online it will constantly harass you.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 14:28 zuletzt editiert vonCalm down, it's a TV.
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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."
Your TV Is Spying On You — Ludlow Institute
Your TV is taking snapshots of everything you watch.
Ludlow Institute (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 14:33 zuletzt editiert vonJokes on them: I watch videos on my tablet. There’s no way that’s spying on me, right? Right?
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No it’s not! I had a goddamn Sony tv and it wouldn’t let me change certain settings unless I connected it to the internet! They try to force your hand!
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 14:45 zuletzt editiert vonDo you remember the model number? I would like to research this.
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No, it's not. It has not connected to the internet.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 14:45 zuletzt editiert vonYup same, running a shield
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No, it's not. It has not connected to the internet.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 14:52 zuletzt editiert von joelk111@lemmy.worldMy thoughts exactly. My Xbox is spying on me instead.
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No it’s not! I had a goddamn Sony tv and it wouldn’t let me change certain settings unless I connected it to the internet! They try to force your hand!
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 15:05 zuletzt editiert vonWhat about connecting to a mobile/theter and change password after you adjusted your settings?
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It's almost like we should have strong data privacy laws so companies can't spy on everything we do...
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 17:22 zuletzt editiert vonEuropean liberals are trying to weaken gdpr
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My thoughts exactly. My Xbox is spying on me instead.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 17:42 zuletzt editiert vonI think you meant - Me Xbox is spying on my instead.
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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."
Your TV Is Spying On You — Ludlow Institute
Your TV is taking snapshots of everything you watch.
Ludlow Institute (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 18:02 zuletzt editiert vonOn my Sony Bravia running Android you can just disable the Samba app from running same as you'd disable any app in Android.
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No, it's not. It has not connected to the internet.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 18:26 zuletzt editiert vonSome TVs will sneakily connect to open APs to try and phone home. It is nasty but it does happen. You can only be worry free if you yank out the radio module. Some TVs make it easier than others (My LG TV made it as easy as opening the back of the TV and disconnecting, YMMV)
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Does anyone know if there's a domain blocklist for smart TV telemetry? If so, I could easily put it into my DNS server, like I already do for ads.
I'd like to continue using my streaming apps without resorting to yet another device. I have an HTPC that runs KODI but I think it'd be a pain to replace all of my streaming apps.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 18:49 zuletzt editiert von laserlizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comA couple I'm aware of:
But like flightyhobler suggested, if you keep an eye on your DNS logs with Pi-hole or managed services like AdGuard DNS and NextDNS you'll get a better idea of what's still getting through.
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No, it's not. It has not connected to the internet.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 18:50 zuletzt editiert von outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comWell, so, about that.
A lot of TV's will form mesh nets with same brand-or even across brands³-, until they find one that is connected. I've even heard reports of one with a sim card¹.
¹in a 'smoke filled room'²
²okay it was a van. A smoke filled van. And she was on some other stuff too.³OS based i think? So instead of Sony's seeking Sony's or samsungs seeking samsungs, its android tvs or roku's or whatever forming meshes. Don't quote me on that though
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I mean... Just don't hook the TV up to the internet. Don't join your WiFi network on the TV.
Kind of a simple solution.
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 18:51 zuletzt editiert vonDoesn't work anymore. They do dark mesh networks.
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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."
Your TV Is Spying On You — Ludlow Institute
Your TV is taking snapshots of everything you watch.
Ludlow Institute (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
schrieb am 22. Juni 2025, 18:59 zuletzt editiert vonThe built-in OS on smart TVs almost always sucks. The built-in OS on our LG is slower, has less apps, and has less support for HDR and higher resolutions than our Fire stick.
Just don't use it and instead plug in a Fire stick, turn off its tracking, then sideload apps like BeeTV and HDO Box.
I know Amazon has a bad rep from a privacy standpoint but the Fire stick is super cheap compared to its competition and lets you turn off the tracking in one page of the settings menu.
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