The link has a ton of information.
Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.
The link has a ton of information.
Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.
Just don’t connect them to the internet, then it doesn’t matter.
There was some sort of scandal a few years back that some smart TVs (Samsung?) were using not just open networks (let’s be honest, there usually aren’t any), but other smart TVs if the same manufacturer to be able to send their telemetry. I don’t know what game of that, or if that was ever made illegal (probably not).
People connect them to the internet to use YouTube or something, and then just forget that it is still online. This is for those people who are unaware. And a smart TV can still be hacked while disconnected from Wi-Fi, that is obviously harder to do.
If those people are unaware, then make them aware. Telling them to disable telemtry instead of taking them offline completely is simply bad advice.
Turning off those features still help. That is why I posted, so some are aware… People have smart TV’s to use the internet. That is kind of the whole point of having them. Most people just don’t disconnect their TV from the Wi-Fi every time they are done streaming. Which, that would be a GOOD IDEA idea.
You’re making them aware of the wrong things, as I just finished saying.
They can still use the internet without connecting their TV to it. You just plug another device into it.
I know what a TV does, smart TV’s enables more features when it is online. Some people just have a smart TV and that is it.
No they don’t.
Yes they do! People for sure just have smart TV’s, and they have tons of apps when connected online. Load up Netflix and then they are done. Old people especially, do it all the time. That is all they use. That and probably just a phone. Shit, some still have landlines. They live alone and had somebody set it up for them.
Are my comments just invisible to you? Plug in another device and use it to load up Netflix.
Hasnt there been claims of the smart tv’s automatically connecting to open WiFi to update and or send data.
I don’t think this is real, but if it is can you provide a link? I’m not finding anything easily with a search and randomly throwing out claims like this is not productive.
That’s why I called it a claim, I never found evidence myself, it just wouldn’t surprise me if it was true.
So you’re just spreading misinformation.
I never stated it as fact, nor was it my attempt to have it come across as one. Just a rumor people have claimed.
I could have been more clear in that in hindsight.
There’s claims about this, connecting automatically to open wifi is a “feature” of Android, any smart bullshit based on android can have the same behaviour.
1 person posting on reddit isn’t enough for me to believe they didn’t simply misunderstand what happened. There are a lot of tech-illiterate people out there and if this was a thing I’m pretty sure we’d see people reproducing the results and posting procedures to do so.
Yeah I also don’t think this hold much water, even if the TV automatically connect to the wi-fi, turn the wi-fi feature on/off automatically seems unlikely.
Often needed with software updates for the TV itself.
What features does a smart TV provide when not connected to the internet? (serious question, I’ve never had a smart TV)
They tend to be cheaper or have more features. The income from data harvesting subsidizes the price.
Plus, in a lot of places you can’t get dumb TVs without them being commercial displays, which have different priorities. Businesses don’t really care about having 60hz, HDR, OLED, or low latency. Sometimes they don’t even care about having 4K resolution.
I’ll tell you what my 2 “smart” tvs do as they are not connected to the internet, they act as a slow to turn on display of my desktop. 27" monitor press power button, less than 10 seconds looking at desktop, 40" samsung smart tv 15-20+ seconds to see the desktop without a stupid overlay, 65" samsung 4k smart tv 30-45 seconds till desktop is fully visible.
TL:DR NONE! Use as a monitor
Probably none, but it’s getting harder to buy a non-smart TV
I still got a 720p TV, LOL!
None? The idea is not to get more features, it’s to take it offline so it can’t send data about you back home. Plug in another smart device into the TV and use that for streaming and such.
Dumb tvs are still sold in some places. If it’s impossible to get a dumb TV and have a pc, at that point it makes more sense to get a simple monitor and use the pc as the smart device so you actually have full control. The android boxes you connect to tvs are not the epitome of privacy either.
This is true. Almost every streaming box sells your data out of the box. Roku is one of the worst. Nvidia Shield is pretty bad too.
“Dumb TVs” are extremely rare. You can buy most TVs and just not connect them to the internet and achieve the same thing.
This feels like such a waste but if there really aren’t any dumb tvs around anymore, oh well