This is why you should never get a smart tv especially from Samsung, like what even is all this… They need analytics for every single component in the system lol
This was picked up using a pi hole, highly recommend installing one on your network
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Why did you get a smart tv? Well I got the TVs for free otherwise I would have gone with a more privacy friendly option.
The only modern dumb TVs would be professional digital signage displays (which often have awesome connectivity features like a slot for the Raspberry Pi compute module for example), but they can cost several thousands of dollars where a Samsung would go for $600 or so.
I suggest the mid to high-range Panasonic TVs. They don’t get in your way or even advertise any “smart” features in the regular menus, and they’re well built, too.
But yeah, Samsung is the absolute worst and Android TV on Philips devices is following closely in their footsteps in terms of annoying spyware overfunctionality.
You might want to go as far as opening that TV up and physically removing the WiFi adapter from the mainboard (if that’s possible on your model). I remember a story where these would scan the area for open networks and connect to those without notice.