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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?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, that is literally why I jumped ship from android to iPhone was because Facebook lost $11 billion because of Apple do not track, that was all I needed to hear