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minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIf you don’t have the technical know how to physically lobotomize the TV’s wifi chip, simply blocking its mac address would suffice.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOr you would just not connect it to the wifi. It’s not like it’s going to guess your WPA key.
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI’ve heard they can connect to nearby open networks or even share a connection with another TV in range. I don’t have any sources for this, might be just a rumor.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo, it’s not an Apple TV.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDo you think that only apple TVs have wifi chips?
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt was a bad joke. ‘Mac’ address.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI did not understand. I’ll see myself out.
If you don’t have the technical know how to physically lobotomize the TV’s wifi chip, simply blocking its mac address would suffice.
Or you would just not connect it to the wifi. It’s not like it’s going to guess your WPA key.
I’ve heard they can connect to nearby open networks or even share a connection with another TV in range.
I don’t have any sources for this, might be just a rumor.
No, it’s not an Apple TV.
Do you think that only apple TVs have wifi chips?
It was a bad joke. ‘Mac’ address.
I did not understand. I’ll see myself out.