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by allannienhuis 2371 days ago
they'll just connect to your neighbour's router, or their car, or their phone...
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That’s a legit concern. If Samsung made a deal with, say, Comcast to connect to the ever-present “xfinitywifi” SSID, then it wouldn’t matter if you’re blocking the sly TV from your own network.
That's a very valid concern, especially since most consumer-grade ISPs are in bed with the media industry and would be very interested in the tracking data from these TVs.
Nothing prevents you from presenting that same SSID as a honeypot.