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I’m sure it will show no traffic whatsoever if you don’t connect your TV to your network
Source?
Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)
There’s a dozen ways they could jump the air gap.
Ultrasonic to a phone or Alexa/Siri/etc, connect to an unsecured network, send data to a neighbor’s smart TV which is connected to Internet, Bluetooth or other to a phone
Something that can be done easily and may be done in the future, if it hasn’t been discovered yet
Clandestine methods have been known since the 2000s. We know they’re scummy and want our data. Why does this seem too crazy?
That would add a ludicrous amount of cost to the device in both material cost and R&D. It’s so incredibly unlikely that any company would make that investment just to spy on the conversations of ordinary citizens when there are far cheaper and easier ways for them to build and sell advertising profiles.
Ludicrous R&D?
Ultrasound is used by Microsoft teams, some apps use it to transmit data between phones. Back in the day there was a chrome app to transfer links.
Amazon sidewalk already connects devices together. Samsung Smart things already bridges Samsung devices. Apple Air tags already use “primary” Internet connected devices to transmit data about “secondary” devices.
None of this is new tech, it’s all feasible.
