commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoNewly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart featuresarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIf you don’t have the technical know how to physically lobotomize the TV’s wifi chip, simply blocking its mac address would suffice.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNo, it’s not an Apple TV.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoDo you think that only apple TVs have wifi chips?
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt was a bad joke. ‘Mac’ address.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOr you would just not connect it to the wifi. It’s not like it’s going to guess your WPA key.
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNo, but in the near future it might connect to your neighbors wifi if he has IoT devices connected to his wifi https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/amazon-sidewalk-will-push-neighbors-to-share-wi-fi-through-smart-devices/
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWow, what a horrible idea. But assuming you have a compatible device and didn’t disable this feature, blacklisting it in your router wouldn’t help much.
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’ve heard they can connect to nearby open networks or even share a connection with another TV in range. I don’t have any sources for this, might be just a rumor.
If you don’t have the technical know how to physically lobotomize the TV’s wifi chip, simply blocking its mac address would suffice.
No, it’s not an Apple TV.
Do you think that only apple TVs have wifi chips?
It was a bad joke. ‘Mac’ address.
Or you would just not connect it to the wifi. It’s not like it’s going to guess your WPA key.
No, but in the near future it might connect to your neighbors wifi if he has IoT devices connected to his wifi
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/amazon-sidewalk-will-push-neighbors-to-share-wi-fi-through-smart-devices/
Wow, what a horrible idea. But assuming you have a compatible device and didn’t disable this feature, blacklisting it in your router wouldn’t help much.
I’ve heard they can connect to nearby open networks or even share a connection with another TV in range.
I don’t have any sources for this, might be just a rumor.