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Turns out the NSA has an implant for smart tvs that among its features is keeping the tv on and recording you while turning the indicator light that indicates its on status off.

You don't own the device despite paying for it. It updates itself when it feels like it and does whatever its actual owner says including compromising itself if told to.



Not without internet.


my parents smart tv has over a gig of storage for apps.

i'd be really surprised if that couldn't act as an offline cache.


still needs internet to fill that cache, don't use the smart tv part, or whitelist it at the router.




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