My question is: Can you block the IPs it’s phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?
My question is: Can you block the IPs it’s phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?
This may be cringe, but consider using an Apple TV box, every time I download a new app. It gives me the option to tell itnot to track.
This is good start.
Though it is kind of the technology equivalent of “asking nicely”.
I prefer GrapheneOS where my choice is enforced by the OS, rather than passed politely on as a request to the app developer.
At least app developers who ignore it may get kicked off the Apple app store - if they are caught.
For what it’s worth, it seems to have been enough to deter Facebook from deploying their latest spyware innovation to iOS.