content: Fixing smart TVs is as simple as just not allowing them to connect to your network.  You should rethink that.  My ISP rolled out cable modem upgrades a few years ago. The new modems came with two wifi AP's. One was for the customer to configure. The other was an open AP that anyone can log into. Nothing nefarious on the surface, but check it.  I didn't want the 2nd AP active so I found out of to "disable" it. The only way to disable it is to log into your ISP's website, flick a soft switch on the web page and magically no one can log into the 2nd AP......BUT and this is huge, BUT the 2nd AP continued to broadcast. Now ask yourself why would the ISP not want us to turn off the 2nd AP that technically no one can log into? The answer is the internet of things....smart devices. Seriously, do not trust that just because you didn't specifically configure your smart device to connect to a network that it's not capable of self-configuring to connect to a network. It's naive. Manufacturers are not building the hardware into smart tvs with the capability to identify what you're watching even without meta data but by analyzing pixel placement of images frame by frame.....that's serious hardware. Manufacturers want a return on their investment and they're going to get it with or without you.  I wouldn't trust a smart device....PERIOD. The only way I'd trust it is by taking it apart, identifying the antennas and electrically grounding them!