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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Sun, 12 April 2026, 17:47:30

Title: Snart TVs.
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 12 April 2026, 17:47:30

One should probably stop connecting your TV to the internet. Kind of a huge security liability given how sparse the security updates are. ??

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Title: Re: Snart TVs.
Post by: Sniping on Sun, 12 April 2026, 21:55:52

on this topic I hate all the ad notifications and updates smart OS forces down your throat. I have it disabled supposedly but still have to deal with it every once and a while.

Title: Re: Snart TVs.
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 12 April 2026, 22:25:05

You can use the adblocker in the pi-hole to see what the tv is talking to and cut it off.

The problem is, there's no way to know if ROKU or some native TV APP isn't compromised, there's no one looking at these things, they just wouldn't, they're barely getting features updated/ bug fixes for new models.

Title: Re: Snart TVs.
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 13 April 2026, 01:10:56

There is no way I'm connecting a TV to the Internet. The TV could be spying on you. Seriously.

Title: Re: Snart TVs.
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 13 April 2026, 09:01:30

Everything spies, on you, Tp4 is not worried about the smart spies, they're not interested in the $11 in Tp4's bank account.

We worry about the bad-spies, who will stealz that $11.

Bad spies are not fast enough to crack the big systems, they atk the rokus and smarthome devices.

Title: Re: Snart TVs.
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 28 May 2026, 23:03:29

Hmm... No need to connect the TV to the internet...
I only use the TV as display for a MiniPC that sits behind it. Best solution ever.
This way I can watch Youtube with add-blocker, play videos via Potplayer or VLC, and even play PC/Emulator games.