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Best privacy tv's? Or dumb none smart tvs? (monero.town)

submitted 1 year ago by gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://monero.town/post/431688

Does anyone got any television recommendations for dumb tv's or other words none smart tv's? Or even a tv that is smart but the software is open sourced making it privacy friendly?

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[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every TV is a dumb TV when they’re not connected to the internet, no?

[–] gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Some TV's connect automatically to open networks to upload data

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to see a source on that claim.

Regardless, another option is to hook it up to a dummy wifi network that doesn't connect to anything and then hook up whatever to an input.

[–] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i found a source, it is a random reddit post though https://web.archive.org/web/20210601000527/https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/bpjky4/worried_about_your_smart_tv_listening_in_simply/

[–] Ocelot@lemmies.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They do? Do you have any examples of this? This is an enormous security fumble if any wi-fi device does something like this.

Worst case you can also just open up the TV and disconnect the wifi module.

[–] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

im thinking about getting a nice tv and desoldering the wifi chip, but its kinda intimidating. like would it even display an hdmi feed if the wifi chip is gone

[–] PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

remember wifi devices have an attenna, instead of removing the chip, soldering resistors to the antenna (or replacing it w/resistors) will drain it of power (more or less). no attenna power, no signal to connect; no signal to connect, no wifi.

though honestly tv wifi does a pretty good job at dropping signals on it's own. most tv's have a wifi OFF capability, always assumed that ... worked?

[–] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

some samsung tvs would autoconnect to open wifi networks, and that couldnt be disabled.

[–] PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Wow that is crazy.

[–] Ocelot@lemmies.world 1 points 1 year ago

im not sure about all TVs but my sony TV has a laptop style wifi chip that you can just unplug

[–] randombullet@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to need a source on that so I can avoid those kinds of TVs.

[–] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not the most trustworthy source but heres one https://web.archive.org/web/20210601000527/https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/bpjky4/worried_about_your_smart_tv_listening_in_simply/

[–] randombullet@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I have a VLAN with a dead gateway