[mythtv-users] Smart TV hacks
Craig Van Tassle
craig at codestorm.org
Wed Apr 26 17:21:32 UTC 2017
Even better idea. Don't buy a Supersized Tablet, I mean "Smart TV". I
have a "Stupid TV" that I plug in to my Myth Frontend.
On 2017-04-26 13:10, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> On 26/04/17 14:15, Simon Hobson wrote:
>> Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I just came across this and thought it would be of interest to the
>>> group.
>>>
>>> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/about-90-percent-of-smart-tvs-vulnerable-to-remote-hacking-via-rogue-tv-signals/
>>
>> And almost hot on it's heels comes this one, also affecting Samsung
>> TVs :
>>
>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/samsung_smart_tv_wifi_direct_security_flaw/
>>
>> Seriously, using MAC address alone as authentication. WTF !
>
> Morale: do not plug your TV into the network. Do not give it wifi
> credentials.
>
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