My question is: Can you block the IPs it’s phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?

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    16 hours ago

    Heh, I understand taking up a tinkering challange. Seems there are custom roms that you might be able to flash on a fire tv but there is a chance of bricking it. You need boot menu installed and root access very likely.

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      Yeah, I did look a little bit and saw that.

      If I recall correctly the TV is kind of in this in between update where I was able to get into it and lock it down the way that I want but I can’t get it to give me root access. From what I remember I shouldn’t have even been able to get into it at all but was still able to.

      Fun stuff.

      I’ll look into it again though since it’s been about a year. Maybe there is something new.