PiHole doesn't block IPs. It blocks DNS. The device have at least three ways to bypass PiHole: use external DNS directly, or pin the phone-home servers' IP addresses, or use some other protocols to carry IP resolution.

I'd just open the TV and yank or desolder the mic out. Or use the TV as a dumb monitor -- don't connect it to WiFi or Ethernet. And use an external Kodi/AppleTV/whatever-rocks-your-viewing-boat

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noinsight an hour ago | parent [-]

> don't connect it to WiFi or Ethernet

This is not sufficient (for some of these devices) - they will automatically connect to an unsecured hotspot.

	▲	chimpontherun 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		well, if that was the case with my TV and/or if I was worried, I've got a soldering iron and I'm not afraid to use it