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Looks like my Samsung smart TV is probing my home network
(reddthat.com)
Disconnect it. But seriously, see if the router can block the requests.
True, Smart TVs are basically spying devices.
I think the easiest way would be to set a firewall rule, don’t let it talk to the other devices on the network. Or maybe just put it in it’s own vlan entirely. Definitely could impact functionality though, especially casting I imagine.
It's rather frustrating I can't just buy a dumb tv. The smart bit about a tv is going to be obsolete a decade before the screen anyways. How much effort is plugging in a Chromecast or something?
/c/sysadmin
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