• qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    9 hours ago

    People smarter than me have already had that discussion in the thread and after some heated arguments the consensus is that smart TVs have been caught actively searching for same manufacturer hardware and open wi-fi networks to access the web and call home.

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      9 hours ago

      So don’t connect anything from the same manufacturer to wifi and check if any of your neighbour has an open WiFi network, then? I’ve checked my neighborhood and hasn’t seen any open networks just yet, so I’m lucky.

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        4 hours ago

        Lucky of you, then. If not, what could you do? Go door to door asking your neighbours to close their wi-fi?