[CyberDildonics]

You can intercept normal DNS with iptables rules.

The best way to deal with a TV you don't trust is what no one wants to hear.

Open up the back and disconnect the wifi antenna. It is easy to open them up and everything is pretty simple and obvious once you do.

[drnick1]

> Open up the back and disconnect the wifi antenna.

Upvoted. This is precisely the kind of thing I expect to read on HN.

[CyberDildonics]

It's not even some difficult technical task like people think. The back of a TV is kind of like a PC but much simpler.

There is the power board (AC to DC conversion for electronics and leds), video input board (where you plug in HDMI etc) and a t-con board, which takes a single video signal in from the input board and drives the LCD screen.

Then there are a few ancillary components like speakers, maybe a roku module etc. There are easy to find and everything is modular. You can take the speakers out and use them somewhere else if you want. You can just disconnect the wifi antennae on the smart tv board and be done with it. You can also find the IR led connection that the remote sends signals to.