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		danbr on Sept 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I spent $3k on a Samsung Smart TV and all I got we... I run a pihole on my network for exactly this reason. The amount of network traffic the TV attempts, even when on standby or watching over-the-air broadcast is astonishing.

Melatonic on Sept 28, 2022 | [–]

Unless it pins the IP of a DNS server and does DoH

matbilodeau on Sept 28, 2022 | | [–]

I approve, PiHole does a great job at removing ads and other unwanted content.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30655479

titzer on Sept 28, 2022 | | [–]

It's a veritable dystopia with these little snitches.

timbit42 on Sept 28, 2022 | [–]

The vast majority of those are probably re-tries.

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