Concerned about hacks into smart tvs...

[dave4shmups]

I know that nothing is 100% secure against viruses, hacking, and the like.  But I have heard news reports that suggest that it's easy for someone to hack into a smart tv.  I think you can turn off the smart features on a smart tv, but this still concerns me, regarding security and privacy.

[samcool55]

Just disconnect the stupid thing? That's what i did and i don't miss it.

Also nothing is 100% secure and i can guarantee you, the further you dig, the more you'll want to avoid the internet.

 

[Princess Luna]

Hahaha not so smart now eh?

 

That's such an useless feature to me since I'll hook it up to much smarter computers either ways :3

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Nothing is 100% secure, but in the case of smart TVs, and "Internet of things" in general, everything is pretty much 100% insecure. 

 

Now, some exploits need someone to target you, specifically, it's not like just by being plugged in you will get some random hacker into your TV (mostly). I mean, you still have the manufacturer itself phoning home and doing all sorts of privacy nightmares, but that's no hack  

[aeroencychris]

If you're that worried then just disconnect it from the internet entirely.

[Aleks NE]

7 minutes ago, dave4shmups said:

I know that nothing is 100% secure against viruses, hacking, and the like.  But I have heard news reports that suggest that it's easy for someone to hack into a smart tv.  I think you can turn off the smart features on a smart tv, but this still concerns me, regarding security and privacy.

It's possible, but why would anyone want to do that? You should be more worried about your PC, phone etc. 

 

@samcool55 Nice profile gif dude.

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, dave4shmups said:

I know that nothing is 100% secure against viruses, hacking, and the like.  But I have heard news reports that suggest that it's easy for someone to hack into a smart tv.  I think you can turn off the smart features on a smart tv, but this still concerns me, regarding security and privacy.

If you want to turn off the smart features, you don't need any network connection. Without any network connections, you won't get hacked in any way so just disconnect it from your wireless or wired network.