• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    17 days ago

    Just never tell your TV what the wifi password is.

    These nosy-ass companies aren’t going to pay for a cellular connection just to spy on your TV.

    • i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de
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      17 days ago

      Soon they won’t have to because of services like Amazon Sidewalk or the ISP-provided WiFi routers that use the customer’s home to sell internet. Your neighbor’s Palantir camera that spies on you whenever you leave your house will help your TV spy on you inside your house.

    • statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz
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      17 days ago

      Or let it connect and drop it down a sinkhole on its own VLAN.

      No idea if this is actually better, but it’s what I do for the free smart things in my house.