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My Samsung TV will never see a WiFi password in its life.
Some have esims and 4/5g modules installed already for "telemetry".
For real? You've got a source for that? Because that's probably not cheap to do for continued use.
I worked with IoT devices with a "5g" radio. The company had to pay a cellular contract just like anybody else.
I HIGHLY doubt LG is going to pay for that.
Someday. Sounds crazy but someday it will be profitable to do it, like a Skynet rising
I have AdGuard running on the router as a preventative measure, and it’s an older Samsung Q65 that doesn’t have any confirmed 5g modules. I should probably block its MAC address for added security though.
I’ve read that DNS level blocking often doesn’t stop this kind of telemetry because it goes directly to an IP without a DNS query involved.
Hey, good catch. I didn’t think of that.
Can you provide a reference for this? While technically possible, I don't think this has actually happened, and spreading misinformation is counter productive.
I have an open guest network and the neighbour's TV is on it...
That’s wild. I guess I need to do a review of my setup…
It's completely isolated from my own network. Ironically, it would almost be safer to put my TV on it instead of my home network.
The annoying thing is that if I have a dedicated clanker VLAN, I can't cast to my TV.
Yeah, I already blocked it from half the internet, as soon as I figure out casting it's getting cut off completely.