[eckmLJE]

Aren't the newer smart TVs equipped with a cell modem so they can phone home without wifi, or they stop working after not being updated for x days?

[stragies]

Can you name some models? Between that, and user-space wireguard, I think, there might be a bleak future ahead for ad-blocking.

[Art9681]

There is no evidence of this and we would know. Its not easy to hide wireless signals.

[crooked-v]

No, but there are definitely ones that will try to randomly connect to any open wifi networks if left unattended.

[LeoPanthera]

Since you claim "definitely" can you point to one?

I hear this claim a lot but have never actually found even a single one that does.

[Larrikin]

I don't think there are any? This is always a wild speculation about the hellscape to come in the future in these threads, but as far as I know nothing like this actually exist. My TV I bought last year has never been connected to WiFi and never will be.

[saiya-jin]

At least in Europe having a cell modem would ruin the company, who would pay phone bills? Sure as hell not me.

[kube-system]

> who would pay phone bills

Advertisers or data brokers? They’re already subsidizing the purchase price of TVs.

[LeoPanthera]

Neither of these things are true.