You could also setup a virtual LAN. And disallow internet on that VLAN. Or go to the Privacy & Terms menu in the TV and disallow all privacy settings (opt-out).
Is there evidence of this happening?
Well no… but I can’t rule it out either.
The original author that is indeed behind a paywall doesn’t know what he is talking about. I dove into the official study and it seems to be 500ms interval data gathering. But only 1 time per minute batches together 8KB data sent back to Samsung.
Since it can also connect to untrusted wifi access point (eg. without password). You need to live in a Faraday cage …
Again your media PC (or HTPC) is still connected to a smart TV. And the problem is with the TV recording HDMI data. In fact, if you read correctly, the Smart TV does no record data from the built-in apps like Netflix.
It still can connect to untrusted wifi access point (without password protection). So also try to go to: Settings Menu -> General & Privacy -> Terms & Privacy -> And there is a whole list of privacy setting. Try to find the option to: Do not agree with all. Or you need to manually disallow each privacy option… Good luck!
You can go to Settings Menu -> General & Privacy -> Terms & Privacy -> And there is a whole list of privacy setting you automatically agreed with (which you didn’t). However, you should find an option for: Do not agree with all. Or you need to manually disallow each privacy option… Good luck!
I’m the OP, but not the author of this article posted.
After I dove deep into the study, the study said it records data at 500ms. And then it batches the data together, and only sent data once per minute back to Samsung. Between 8kB and 9kB of data per minute. So definitely not 4K screenshots.
I agree. I’m the OP, but not the author of this article. I do believe this author doesn’t know what he is talking about. After looking at the study, it seems it does record data at 500ms interval. However, only in intervals of 1 time per minute 8kB of data is sent back, meaning its only some kind of meta data.
2000 dollar/euro premium price for Samsung S95D isn’t high enough?? No… we already pay up-front with money. This is just a very nasty trick by Samsung & LG.
Causing the smart TV become even slower hahaha
Again, Samsung and LG is sniffing the HDMI port… So especially if you use another device like an Apple TV or Android or HTPC running Linux, only then Samsung & LG will record this data and sent back to HQ.
No… they only record on HDMI.
It could also be the f*king soundbar?? https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/34810#issuecomment-621507325
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) called Boot Server Discovery Protocol (BSDP), which is displayed in the data package section (version 0.1?).
I also see it with Wireshark on my network using the udp.port == 15600 filter.
It automatically connects to unprotected wifi access points.
Every major tech major brands and business, even cars like BMW and now also TVs like Samsung or LG are all spying on their customers. And why isn’t this forbidden by lawn already?
So the data is still captured every 500ms. But it batches the data together and indeed only send data of around 8kb every minute back to the centralized server. But 8kb can not be full screenshots of MBs of course, so this is some kind of meta / fingerprint data. The original author (Jeremy Hsu) is misleading here with the term “screenshot every 500ms”.
the remaining scenarios exhibit consistent peak values occurring every minute, accompanied by additional smaller traffic one minute following each peak. Samsung’s official documentation (Canada, 2022a) mentions that its ACR captures the frames every 500ms, suggesting that Samsung batches the captures as well and sends the fingerprints every minute. The differences in ACR capture frequency explains the different network behavior across the two brands.
Forgetting a network is only when your wifi is password protected. If the TV can find an open wifi access point, it could just automatically connect to the internet. “Forgetting” a network doesn’t help here…! Since there is nothing to forget (there are wifi points without password). But it should be forbidden IMO to automatically connect to these kind of access points. But even your mobile phone might do the same thing.
Yes you can build your own HTPC, and connect it to the TV, that is what I’ve been doing for the past 8 years.