You won’t want to use its smart features when you can just use a superior streaming device, anyway.Kodi boxes are devices capable of running Kodi natively. If it can’t connect to the Internet, it can’t cause you any problems - full stop. We recommend you just disconnect your smart TV from the network and be done with it. Try to Disable the Spying Features (Not Recommended) That box can be connected to the Internet. Get “smarts” on your TV by plugging in a streaming box like an Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, video game console, or one of the many other devices that works better and should be more secure than your smart TV. This will also prevent your smart TV from embedding extra advertisements into other things you watch - yes, some Samsung smart TVs actually do that! If you can’t, you may need to reset it to its factory default settings - don’t give it the Wi-Fi password when you set it up again. If you’ve already connected to the Wi-Fi network, try to get your smart TV to forget the password. Don’t connect it to the network with an Ethernet cable, either. If you have, go into your smart TV’s settings and disconnect it from the Wi-Fi. Just don’t connect your smart TV to your home network and you’ll be protected from whatever built-in spying features it has and any security vulnerabilities that could be exploited.ĭon’t connect your smart TV to your Wi-Fi network. Just Don’t Connect Your TV to Wi-Fi or Ethernet Some smart TVs have built-in cameras and microphones - if the security is so shoddy in general, it would theoretically be possible for an attacker to spy on you through your TV. But are those smart TVs even checking to ensure they’re downloading legitimate firmware files with correct digital signatures? Based on TV manufacturers’ cavalier attitude to security in general, we’re concerned. Vizio says it’s fixed this problem and TVs will automatically update to a new firmware. They also connect to a server without checking it’s a legitimate server, so a man-in-the-middle attack could send commands back to the TV. Vizio TVs transmitted this tracking data without any encryption, so other people can snoop on the snooping. Smart TVs also have questionable security protections. It may report back on the channel number you’re watching if you’re watching live TV, or the filenames of local video files on a USB drive plugged into your smart TV. This tracking doesn’t just apply to the smart TV’s apps - even if you plug in a Roku or Apple TV and stream something from Netflix, the TV can analyze the picture it’s displaying and report that data back.
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