I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**

_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 1823 points –

we live in hell

I don't even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they're saying....hey do you want a worse experience?

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Some TVs automatically latch on to any open network they can find, to do their connected thing, even if you don't specifically give them access to your wifi.

Mr soldering iron fixes that easy enough good luck connecting to anything without a working antenna.

Your wifi shouldn't be open anyways, hell I live in the middle of nowhere and my Wi-Fi network is locked.

I think you missed the point. It isn't about your network or what good security practices are, it's about what the TV does or is trying to do if you don't connect it to your wifi. Open networks are out there whether we like it or not and some TVs will try to use them to call home.