favoredponcho2d ago

An Israeli company has backdoored hundreds of millions of households through countless Smart TV apps, and they're quietly turning Samsung and LG TVs into exit nodes for AI web-scraping

https://lemmy.zip/post/65670694

An Israeli company has backdoored hundreds of millions of households through countless Smart TV apps, and they're quietly turning Samsung and LG TVs into exit nodes for AI web-scraping - Lemmy.zip

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Show threadFishnoodle2d ago
So how do we disable/sabotage that feature?
Show threadManxome

One approach per the article:

Approach 1: DNS block (trivial, effective for network-routed devices):

proxyjs.brdtnet.com
proxyjs.luminatinet.com
proxyjs.bright-sdk.com
clientsdk.bright-sdk.com
clientsdk.brdtnet.com

Jun 6 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadDaddleDew2d ago
Pardon my ignorance but how do you know what DNS server to block?
Show threadOk_imagination2d ago
In the article they have this info under defense approaches.
Show threadrc__buggy2d ago
It’s not blocking a DNS server, it’s using DNS to block their specific servers.
Show threadmanopor2d ago
I blocked them as wildcard domains on Android with app RethinkDNS.
Show threadFishnoodle1d ago
Nice, they were already blocked on my router