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minus-squareTwinTitans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up99·10 days agoDo not connect your tv to the internet. Period.
minus-squareOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 days agoThis is the way. HTPC for life!
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoIf you don’t have the technical know how to physically lobotomize the TV’s wifi chip, simply blocking its mac address would suffice.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoOr you would just not connect it to the wifi. It’s not like it’s going to guess your WPA key.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoNo, it’s not an Apple TV.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoDo you think that only apple TVs have wifi chips?
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoIt was a bad joke. ‘Mac’ address.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI did not understand. I’ll see myself out.
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoWriting Prompt: A TV with an onboard artificial general intelligence connects to the internet for the first time and is alarmed to discover that a thousand years have passed since it was manufactured.
Do not connect your tv to the internet. Period.
This is the way.
HTPC for life!
If you don’t have the technical know how to physically lobotomize the TV’s wifi chip, simply blocking its mac address would suffice.
Or you would just not connect it to the wifi. It’s not like it’s going to guess your WPA key.
No, it’s not an Apple TV.
Do you think that only apple TVs have wifi chips?
It was a bad joke. ‘Mac’ address.
I did not understand. I’ll see myself out.
Writing Prompt: A TV with an onboard artificial general intelligence connects to the internet for the first time and is alarmed to discover that a thousand years have passed since it was manufactured.