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I haven't seen an open WiFi network near any apartment I've lived in for more than a decade.

There has never been a shred of evidence for any TV model actually doing this despite how often it's speculated about in comment sections.

It's kinda weird how the most sensible, straightforward mitigation for the TV spying people claim to be concerned always gets this evidence-free FUD thrown out to claim it's pointless.

Some people here say they have seen their TVs connecting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25275753

I have seen open wifi reachable from places i've lived on. Spotty and intermittent connection but there. Apartment buildings with businesses on the 1st floor are also common now, those businesses may have open wifi, etc.

In that thread I don’t see any claims about TVs. Only about Amazon smart devices (like a Fire Stick) doing the same.

That's it, turning my apartment into a faraday cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR6vzJPlKrg

Linus Tech Tips showed it can be done reasonably easy actually

yay for rural new mexico ...

well air gapped