https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride

Probably related to this, very fun column to read.

You can, its an option if you use tailscale. https://tailscale.com/mullvad

Also look into using tailscale lock to secure things more if you do decide to use it

I’ve found that in those cases its usually explorer that’s the culprit. Just having the removable drive open in explorer is enough to keep windows from being able to unmount the drive.

At least with a TV you can actually turn off the WiFi and just not connect a network cable to it. In my case the TV periodically tries to connect and prompts me to check the network settings, so I’m fairly sure its not trying to randomly connect to an open WiFi network. YMMV I suppose. A decent workaround would be to set up a diff router or ssid and just blackhole that network from getting online at all. But that can be more technical than some people are comfortable with.

Don’t connect the TV to the internet. Buy a settop box like a shield TV and stream through that.