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Smart TVs taking snapshots of your screen and phoning home - Is there a list of IP ranges to block? (youtu.be)
submitted 1 week ago by Schwim@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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My question is: Can you block the IPs it's phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Most likely it's calling home using a fqdn. Set up your own DNS, force all your devices to use it (use dnat in your firewall). Then watch which fqdn's you TV uses and blacklist those. That's how I do it ( I use technitium DNS)