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BBC - The people who hunt old TVs
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Samsung TVs also notoriously do this. Even if you don't connect them to anything yourself, they will look for insecure Wifi accesspoints to upload their spying data to
Yikes, I have a Samsung smart TV. Guess I’ll be wrapping it in tin foil after reading this.
Smart TVs are some scary shit, like seriously. All the stuff they record and set home is extremely concerning