Ever heard of TCP/IP over HDMI? It’s a method of exploiting HEC. Connect your smart TV to a streaming platform and it connects to the internet via the video cable. There’s no escape.
No I have not heard of it, and it's genuinely baffling! Which consortium thought this up? I don't see one sensible reason to do this apart from just random tinkering or malicious purposes.
If OP means Ethernet over HDMI it’s in the spec but as far as I’m aware has not been implemented in any mainstream chipsets anything actually uses. It’s one of those theoretical things that is somewhat surprising didn’t happen.
Overall it’s not a bad idea if devices need network connectivity. Have one central “box” get an Ethernet drop and it acts as a switch for your tv/xbox/playstation/media player/etc. The spec was made back when A/V receivers were more popular than they are now. It would cut down on a cable per device.
If OP means an exploit/hack then that’s a bit different.
Not long until these TVs start partnering with Amazon and other providers to send traffic automatically through near-by devices like smart speakers, disconnecting will be impossible.
Vast majority won't know or care.
The way this gets fixed is laws not workarounds unfortunately.
The discussion around privacy is always framed the wrong way.
The authoritarians use the red herring of "nothing to hide", while the liberals only argue on the most sensational abuse cases or somewhat flimsy high-minded principles.
The correct way to get the layperson to care is with a visceral reaction using the relevant buzzwords: "sabotage", "gangstalk", "bully", "witch hunt", etc.
It makes zero sense that the same people who fight so hard over gun rights can completely ignore all the other much uglier ways the powers-that-be can threaten your livelihood.
Nobody ever spells out what "overpolicing" really looks like. Nobody makes clear enough that "the government" is what we call it when we give your literal neighbor special privileges.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 41.0 ms ] threadSo you have to go a step further and remove the Wi-Fi card, because there is no guarantee that someone else won't connect the TV to the Internet.
Overall it’s not a bad idea if devices need network connectivity. Have one central “box” get an Ethernet drop and it acts as a switch for your tv/xbox/playstation/media player/etc. The spec was made back when A/V receivers were more popular than they are now. It would cut down on a cable per device.
If OP means an exploit/hack then that’s a bit different.
AFAIK it got not used, or not implented in relevant ways.
So far...
Like HP printers. Don’t give your money to companies doing shit things.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Flat-Panel-Displays/...
Don’t buy a tv at all. I have not had one for 20 years, never missed it.
Vast majority won't know or care.
The way this gets fixed is laws not workarounds unfortunately.
This, unfortunately, is the biggest problem those of us care about privacy face, especially when trying to warn people about it.
The authoritarians use the red herring of "nothing to hide", while the liberals only argue on the most sensational abuse cases or somewhat flimsy high-minded principles.
The correct way to get the layperson to care is with a visceral reaction using the relevant buzzwords: "sabotage", "gangstalk", "bully", "witch hunt", etc.
It makes zero sense that the same people who fight so hard over gun rights can completely ignore all the other much uglier ways the powers-that-be can threaten your livelihood.
Nobody ever spells out what "overpolicing" really looks like. Nobody makes clear enough that "the government" is what we call it when we give your literal neighbor special privileges.