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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You could set up a dummy LAN with no internet access for the tv. Unless it actually has more than one network card, it would need to be able to have the ability to virtualize network interfaces to connect elsewhere, and I really doubt these TVs are that smart.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, gotcha. That would seem like overkill if that's what would be needed.