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Smart TVs taking snapshots of your screen and phoning home - Is there a list of IP ranges to block? (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by Schwim@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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My question is: Can you block the IPs it's phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

There's no need. This is a very simple fix. Block your TV from the internet using your router. Then plug in a $20 Google TV box or Apple TV. Problem solved.

[–] lemonskate@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Some TVs have been found to continually scan for open wifi networks to connect to in order to ship back the telemetry they gather.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you happen to have a source for this claim? I did some cursory searches on this just now and found nothing except for one reddit thread where one person said the same thing but again with no source.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would also love a source. I keep seeing the claim made over and over. It's certainly plausible, and should be easily provable.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

I think all it would take is an extra WiFi router with logging to see if the TVs MAC address attempts to connect. Doesn't need to have internet access, the tv won't know until it tries.

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