Dan GoodinApr 29, 2024

Looks like the anti-smartTV alarmism is out in full force today on the feditubes. A reminder: connecting a smartTV to the Internet is perfectly safe as long as you take 2 minutes to follow common sense guidance:

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/

SmartTVs don't collect anymore data than Microsoft Windows, Google, Facebook, Twitter or even your credit card company.

Don't be fooled by the people trying to shame or scare you. And definitely don't get tricked into the magical thinking that streaming with a Roku is somehow safer than with a TV. It's not.

How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features

TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every other big brand.

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@dangoodin

Other than the data collection angle, some smart TVs can be quite "easy-going" in their network stack implementations.

For instance this blog recounts the ordeal of an Hisense TV clogging the UPNP discovery tables of all devices connecting to the same network (network query with randomized UUID generation every few minutes) resulting in various and esoteric failures (task manager hanging, Settings unavailable, taskbar disappearing to name a few)
https://cohost.org/ghoulnoise/post/5286766-do-not-buy-hisense-t

Apr 29, 2024 at 7:19pmWeb