They literally run speech to text, store it and exfiltrate it to their servers…
Even if you deny internet access, it can hop to other smart devices of the same brand using hidden SSIDs and exfiltratr data that way, or if the TV gets sold and connected to a network, all of the stored conversations will get sent to their servers. This was from the original GN investigation and associated security researchers
There isn’t really something one can network-admin a way out of it seems, sadly…
It sounded paranoid to say that they record with the screen off but here we are.
Fire sticks will use Sidewalk. Roku will strike a deal with Comcast. It’s a matter of who gets caught first and how bad the backlash is. The rest will follow suit.
Keep in mind, they have to pay for those services, to identify traffic on your tv that’s presumably not registered to a meaningfull address.
FireTV could conceivably do it because they own the ecosystem, but even then, that’s a low-bandwidth network and doesn’t tie you to a physical address, just that the traffic is in your general neighborhood.
VLAN? Why would you let a monitor have a network connection? Grab the Mac address, and put it on a denylist so you don’t accidentally give it an IP address as part of your setup procedure.
smart boards, remote power off. I generally prefer (as I mentioned in other comments) to run them from PCs or an HDMI matrix, but I’ve had reasons to network-connect some here and there.
Media bullshit at work gets its own isolation VLAN.
If they were serious enough to buy serious equipment, I wouldn’t have to do it. I’d still do it, but I wouldn’t have to.
They literally run speech to text, store it and exfiltrate it to their servers…
Even if you deny internet access, it can hop to other smart devices of the same brand using hidden SSIDs and exfiltratr data that way, or if the TV gets sold and connected to a network, all of the stored conversations will get sent to their servers. This was from the original GN investigation and associated security researchers
There isn’t really something one can network-admin a way out of it seems, sadly…
is there any actual evidence of
because that’s a touch paranoid sounding
It sounded paranoid to say that they record with the screen off but here we are.
Fire sticks will use Sidewalk. Roku will strike a deal with Comcast. It’s a matter of who gets caught first and how bad the backlash is. The rest will follow suit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/technology/article/comcast-turns-houston-home-routers-into-150-000-5540419.php
Keep in mind, they have to pay for those services, to identify traffic on your tv that’s presumably not registered to a meaningfull address.
FireTV could conceivably do it because they own the ecosystem, but even then, that’s a low-bandwidth network and doesn’t tie you to a physical address, just that the traffic is in your general neighborhood.
They don’t need an address, they have your Bluetooth MAC.
My point is, they’re all trying to create Networks that only they control, and you cannot stop
VLAN? Why would you let a monitor have a network connection? Grab the Mac address, and put it on a denylist so you don’t accidentally give it an IP address as part of your setup procedure.
smart boards, remote power off. I generally prefer (as I mentioned in other comments) to run them from PCs or an HDMI matrix, but I’ve had reasons to network-connect some here and there.