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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And even then, there have been smart TVs caught sniffing for same brand devices and open networks to connect to the web.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ve not heard of that… Got any links to articles about it?

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Samsung did it, there was a Reddit thread where one users TV used a neighbours open WiFi to connect automatically

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm only getting trash results now but there was an entire discussion on one of lemmys communities about tech safety and privacy and one user went into a lot of detail and provided articles on it.