greenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agoI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comgreenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 hours agoI have an LG “Smart” TV, but because I don’t use it much (view the News in the Public TV and little more) I never connected it to the WiFi, so offline this Live Plus is irrelevant for me.
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 hours agoNot necessarily. Manufacturers have been known to use ad-hoc networks to find a path back home. For example your neighbour gets a smart tv and connects to the internet. Now your smart tv connected to your neighbours and phones home.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·47 minutes agoAny proof of this. First I’ve heard about it.
minus-squareSapphironZA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoExactly. Desoldering the wifi antennas is about the best you can do.
I have an LG “Smart” TV, but because I don’t use it much (view the News in the Public TV and little more) I never connected it to the WiFi, so offline this Live Plus is irrelevant for me.
Not necessarily. Manufacturers have been known to use ad-hoc networks to find a path back home.
For example your neighbour gets a smart tv and connects to the internet. Now your smart tv connected to your neighbours and phones home.
Any proof of this. First I’ve heard about it.
Exactly. Desoldering the wifi antennas is about the best you can do.