People sick of being spied on by their smart TV
Posted by rectang 1 day ago
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Comment by forix 23 hours ago
For those who may not have seen this yet, Gamers Nexus did a series of videos on LG monitors and TVs
Comment by cedws 1 day ago
Sounds like it’s time for some involuntary open sourcing.
Comment by benabbott 1 day ago
Air gapping and using my own inputs is a fine solution, no?
Comment by xeonmc 1 day ago
Nope, Smart TVs perform image recognition on input signals as well, and if your neighbor has not disabled their default ISP open wifi then it will connect to it discreetly. Or someone with an LG phone happens to wander in range then they can collude to relay data back to LG.
Comment by abadar 1 day ago
I remember when I was displaying downloaded anime to my Roku TV from my laptop and the TV recognized what I was watching. That was an eerie realization.
Comment by icepush 1 day ago
What happened that lead to you realizing ?
Comment by GuestFAUniverse 1 day ago
I repeat myself: do not buy LG.
They are creepy repeat offenders.
Vote with your money.
Comment by gala8y 1 day ago
There is no proof for that. In the meantime, few days ago, I just disconnected WiFi/Bluetooth module of my never connected LG TV.
Comment by deadbunny 1 day ago
This would be trivial to test yet not a single person has ever provided a shred of evidence.
Comment by catoc 1 day ago
Comment by jocoda 1 day ago
tl/dr - Get an Apple TV and disconnect from the internet.
Comment by hiccuphippo 1 day ago
Why Apple specifically? You can disconnect any TV from the Internet, or never connnect them in the first place.
Comment by jocoda 1 day ago
Why Apple? I have nore Apple stuff than I like but I'm not really an Apple fanboy for reasons. But, compared to the handful of streaming devices I've tried, there is just no comparison. The others were all total faeces.