I watch TV through my computer using Jellyfin. Am I at danger?
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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Nope
Other than your PC or Mac spying on you, you are in no danger.
Comms must be infrequent bc my domain sink doesn't log anything like that from my tv when I've checked
Just create a black hole network at your house and connect all 'smart' appliances to that. Block all traffic at the router level. This prevents them trying to connect to open mesh networks and also provides the benefit of cataloging all the traffic
Spy all you want Agent Hisense of the Roku org, I've got you in a black box. Your communications have been cut! You'll never report back to HQ now!
On my Sony Bravia running Android you can just disable the Samba app from running same as you'd disable any app in Android.
Not mine, since I don't have one ;)
At this point I'm just going to assume George Orwell was a time traveler. He's been right about everything so far.