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Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal

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On 2019-06-23, Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:
> On 23/06/2019 22:59, Huge wrote:
>> On 2019-06-23, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
>>> On 20 Jun 2019 19:04:23 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>> 
>>>>>
>>>>> 	My wife's "smart"phone hammers the card, even when it's not
>>>>> being used ..... by her.
>>>>
>>>> I block all that with my PiHole.
>>>
>>> 	You built your own wireless router?
>> 
>> Oh, sorry, no. I was talking about "Smart" TVs. If you plug an ethernet
>> cable into a Samdung, it uses that, so you can filter what it accesses.
>
> @Shadow
>
> A common approach is to put your ISP supplied router into bridge mode 
> and then use a separate router+WiFi to enable secure WiFi/networking 
> around your home.
>
> An example combination is an ASUS RT-AC68U This allows creation of vLANs 
> so you can separate your 'smart' devices from the other stuff on your 
> home network.
>
> Also allows things like network quotas (time of day, or data volumes, or 
> speed) on the kids.

My ISP supplied router is plugged into a Smoothwall, and then a dumb
AP is plugged into that to provide internal service for the house. The
ISP Wifi is for visitors and stuff I don't GAS about.


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                  Rising above bedlam

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[Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-17 20:07 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-06-18 20:35 -0400
    Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-19 09:17 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2019-06-19 22:35 +0100
        Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-20 06:56 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2019-06-20 13:56 -0300
    Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-20 19:04 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2019-06-23 17:25 -0300
        Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-23 21:59 +0000
          Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2019-06-23 23:44 +0100
            Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-24 08:50 +0000
        Re: [Link Posting] The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-24 00:12 +0000

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