I’m honestly shocked that nobody has mentioned mesh networks. It might also just scan for any unsecured network it can connect to without informing you in any way. Not connecting your TV to your WiFi is not nearly enough to preventing it from phoning home. You need to open the TV and ground the antenna(e) to physically disable the wireless capabilities. Even then, there may be other antennae hidden under or inside components you can’t disassemble.

Short answer: No. Your smart TV is smarter than you are.

Have you heard of mesh networks?

what have you done for your community lately?

I was summarizing the way I perceive the sentiment of the post, in a way that I thought made my opposition to the sentiment clear.

I think you are replying to what you imagined my next sentence would be, rather than my actual comment.

You did it to yourself = we don’t have to help or take responsibility

sorry, the nsfw tag is not enough to save you. swearing is not allowed and you will be punished. your account will not be terminated but be aware that the police are en route.

Peace, love, unprotected sex with strangers, rampant drug abuse, phony pseudo-religion, etc. Which parts were controversial again?

I don’t really think you need to worry about inanimate objects seeing as they haven’t been made for good or evil specifically. On the other hand, if you write software that decides who lives or dies, you have a gigantic responsibility and the blood of any accident is on your hands

You really nailed the proportional response this time. It’s crazy that this started with me criticizing your wording, and now it ends with you saying I need “specialized help” like you have any authority on the matter at all. What can I say? My ability to pick out dishonest, manipulative, snake-like people remains on point.

Literally only leftists repond with 5x as much text as whatever you said to them

It’s like I’m psychicly DDOSing you

Is it really impossible to critisize a leftist even the slightest bit without them flying completely off the handle? I only critisized your wording.

Funny to suggest its cosmetic function isn’t important.

“So your point is…”

Perhaps the single most dishonest way to begin a sentence

I was referring to the rest of the conversation. Am I wrong?

The problem isn’t really that you’re interpreting my words incorrectly, it’s more about how you put words in my mouth and go batshit making wild assumptions about my conclusions. It’s so hard to have a conversation with someone when the vast majority of it is spent walking back things I never even said.

Everything you read on your computer and outside your home is propaganda.

It is actually impossible for you to simply read my words and interpret them as they are written without injecting your own story, isn’t it? You can’t just put everyone you talk to into one of two boxes.

I already stated that there is a considerable overlap between followers of right wing ideology and domestic terrorism. I am genuinely terrified that we are entering a world where reading comprehension and critical thinking are completely absent from political discussion.

Zing! Nice deflection, you can safely go another day without questioning your perspective in the slightest.

You are so painfully wrong. I’ve already stated that I’m playing devil’s advocate. I’m not trying to do anything other than help you exercise your critical thinking skills. It should be obvious.