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Does anyone got any television recommendations for dumb tv's or other words none smart tv's? Or even a tv that is smart but the software is open sourced making it privacy friendly?

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[–] jrheronn 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TV's have become privacy nightmares in recent days.

One option would be any TV that works then simply keep it offline and stream from a device that allows you to have more control over your privacy.

If you're wanting to actually use a smart TV's functions, I think NextDNS can be set up to block most of the telemetry on whichever smart TV you have.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Yep, my TV is the chattiest device on my network according to PiHole. Blocked all the telemetry and it still works fine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is definitely the simplest approach, as you will be able to use any TV you come across.

As for a streaming device, some form of HTPC is likely to give you the best control over your digital privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not any TV. You can't just use PiHole and similar if the TV uses DNS over TLS or HTTPS