LizardWizard
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| kernel-panic69 wrote: | | Samsung firmware updates are constant, as well. I don't know about TVs with cameras or microphones, but you could spend a lot of time blocking all but essential firmware update traffic to and from the TV and it probably wouldn't matter. |
Yeah, that would be too much work for little to no benefit. Easier to update from USB. Don't know about Samsung but Sony usually stops updating after 1.5-2 years. 2018 lineup won't be getting Android 9, some 2019 models too even.  |
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kernel-panic69
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Joined: 08 May 2018
Posts: 14242
Location: Texas, USA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 20:30 Post subject: |
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| LizardWizard wrote: | | kernel-panic69 wrote: | | Samsung firmware updates are constant, as well. I don't know about TVs with cameras or microphones, but you could spend a lot of time blocking all but essential firmware update traffic to and from the TV and it probably wouldn't matter. |
Yeah, that would be too much work for little to no benefit. Easier to update from USB. Don't know about Samsung but Sony usually stops updating after 1.5-2 years. 2018 lineup won't be getting Android 9, some 2019 models too even. |
** IF you can access the USB port** ... which, I cannot as they are permanently mounted to the wall and I don't have an inspection mirror handy. The Samsungs here are about 3 years old and still receiving updates, AFAIK. Last one was in November / December, if I remember right. This money-making scheme of the industry sucks ass because we wind up either living with unpatched devices or throw away perfectly good hardware to replace it with new hardware that is still supported.
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Alozaros
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since i discovered the real meaning of the word 'smart device' , i started to isolate those either on vlan or managed switch...at home my smart TV used to have very limited time for an update via cron job, now completely cut off/no connection to internet...all multimedia is on a laptiop via hdmi 
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