> First of all, open the TV and disconnect the wireless radio from the main board

This. Never trust software switches. See my other reply for what I suggest instead of "streaming boxes" that aren't any better than the TV firmware.

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kazinator 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So you think that if the TV doesn't have your Wi-Fi password, it surreptititously turns on Wi-Fi and runs cracking software to obtain it anyway?

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wolvoleo 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No but things like Amazon sidewalk exist

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wl 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not that I have any evidence it's happening, but it'd be more likely for TV manufacturers to partner with ISPs that offer public WiFi using the access points they rent to their customers.

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ethanj8011 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the more logical concern would be that it would wait until it could find any potential unsecured wifi to use. I live in an apartment building and there a few wifi access points that I can reach from my apartment with no security. Though one of them appears to be an air conditioner??

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jellobyte 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank you. This is exactly what I was thinking reading people who think you need to do more than simply never connect it to your wifi.

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_dain_ 2 hours ago | parent [-]

it's not just your wifi you have to worry about. neighbour can have insecure wifi. or deliberately open ones like coffee shops, free municipal hotspots, etc.

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giancarlostoro an hour ago | parent [-]

That sounds like a TV manufacturer is going to be having one hell of a lawsuit if they're breaking into other peoples wifi networks.

	▲	hellcow a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Wasn't this exactly what happened in the LG exposé that just came out? It connects to any WiFi network it can, your will be damned.

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mmooss an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There are available IoT networks it could use, though I don't think all of them run over Wifi.

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intrasight 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Honest question. Do projectors also suffer?

	▲	MrDrMcCoy 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not from privacy issues, but all the typical ones from projectors never went anywhere: low brightness, high heat, low maximum operating lifetime, fan noise, and hard to set up (impossible in some places).
	▲	aDyslecticCrow 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Faar less. A larger fraction of projectors remain dumb HDMI to light converters. Tis been my own plan if i settle on wanting a tv.
	▲	sudonem 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If it has any kind of in-built smart TV style OS - then yes.