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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 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 week 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days 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.