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.