The link has a ton of information.
Now, It is obvious that putting it completely offline is more safe. But, some people often use the TV’s to watch Netflix or something like that. Then they might forget that it is still connected to the internet when they are done watching.
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.
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.