Comment by lazide
1 day ago
No it doesn’t? They can do all these things just fine over a LAN connection (assuming it routes externally).
If you can firewall your LAN - you can also firewall your WiFi.
1 day ago
No it doesn’t? They can do all these things just fine over a LAN connection (assuming it routes externally).
If you can firewall your LAN - you can also firewall your WiFi.
Except some of the TVs try to connect to unprotected hotspots, or piggyback through ISP's routers' hidden secondary SSIDs. Which even opens people's data and ambient conversations finding their way to the manufacturer or advertisers through war-driving.
I think it’s currently a theoretical issue, not a proven one. Do you have any concrete examples?
IMO, the moment a device starts doing that, I’m setting it on fire.
name one.
“If you can firewall your LAN - you can also firewall your WiFi.”
Huh? Your WiFi is (part of) your LAN.
That’s what I’m saying, yes.
Ok, I don’t understand your point, then. If a device works locally then you can firewall it and block any nasty stuff phoning home. If it runs everything through the manufacturer’s servers then you can’t firewall it without disabling it entirely.
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