this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2025
114 points (99.1% liked)

Privacy

6387 readers
175 users here now

A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy

Rules:

  1. Be civil
  2. No spam posting
  3. Keep posts on-topic
  4. No trolling

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
iopq@lemmy.world
114
Smart TVs taking snapshots of your screen and phoning home - Is there a list of IP ranges to block? (youtu.be)
submitted 1 day ago by Schwim@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.world
47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

My question is: Can you block the IPs it's phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

There's no need. This is a very simple fix. Block your TV from the internet using your router. Then plug in a $20 Google TV box or Apple TV. Problem solved.

[–] lemonskate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Some TVs have been found to continually scan for open wifi networks to connect to in order to ship back the telemetry they gather.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who has unsecured networks anymore?

[–] floop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

Public Wi-Fi hotspots are typically unsecured, and if you happen to live in a city that has a lot of Wi-Fi hotspots, it could hop onto one of those networks.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)