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My "Smart"TV keeps connecting to Netflix, and i don't even have Netflix (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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netflix.com is in the top5 domains on the entire network, and i have a Raspberry Pi running 24/7 (with AdGuard Home), most queries are from TV.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If you can remove the app from the TV, that may work. It's probably polling for updates or trying to cache a picture or something for the login screen.

Just like every other app on your TV, Netflix probably has a running service that is collecting all of your viewing habits and piping it to Nexflix whether or not you have an account. (Smart TVs come with extensive terms and conditions that you probably agreed to.)

Smart TVs are cheaper these days mostly because the hardware costs are subsidized by having pre-installed apps like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. And yeah, they all want your data and they all want to participate in the advertising racket.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

True. Would really help to get any form of storage medium of that into a real OS. But its probably built in, so removing might not work. This is the case for windows even