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@kuba_ @rysiek

I am with you 1000% on this one.

I'll soon be the owner of a smart TV. The old non smart TV died a couple of months back.

That "smart" TV will either be non connected or firewalled to heck and back. I am lucky, in the sense that I control my internet access, and not my ISP, so the house firewall is under my control.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@ParadeGrotesque @kuba_@101010.pl there are still some Safe (i.e. non-Smart) TV options available. For example, you can find some on the Polish site Ceneo:
ceneo.pl/Telewizory/Smart_TV:N

Be careful, some are mis-categorized. So always check in the specs before you buy. But for example Manta makes TVs without any smart functionality, like this one:
ceneo.pl/94023747#tab=spec

m.ceneo.plCeneo - porównanie cen, sklepy, perfumy, agd, rtv, komputeryPorównywarka cen Ceneo.pl - znajdź produkt oraz sprawdź i porównaj jego cenę w sklepach internetowych. Perfumy, AGD, RTV, komputery, laptopy, fotografia

@rysiek it's better to buy new great TV and just not plug an ethernet cable

@ParadeGrotesque @kuba_

@arek they come with WiFi, and I ain't trusting them not to try to connect to some open networks. Or have 4g/5g soon.

@ParadeGrotesque @kuba_@101010.pl

@rysiek @arek @kuba_

Yup, 4g/5g is the next logical step.

The TV I bought has an Ethernet port, and wifi will be left unconfigured. I think "smart" functions do not include scanning for wifi and cracking WPA codes if an Ethernet cable is plugged in... 😅

Since the TV will be connected directly to the house router/firewall, it won't be able to connect to the Internet.