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Posted by Philip Lindsay

- Today at 12:55:05

This is why I don't plug an ethernet cable into my TVs or connect them to wifi.

I just connect an Apple TV to the HDMI and use that.

No tracking to worry about.

Posted by sigh

- Today at 12:23:04

Paying for big brother, great glass but man. Just use a reputable android box, if you can afford it a mini PC.

Posted by That guy

- Today at 11:50:19

Quote from: citral on Today at 08:45:47Yeah, kind of obvious but good that they make the masses aware and public shame them.

Personally I never connected mine, I use an Android tv box that is segregated on a "garbage iot" vlan that can't see my other devices, behind adguard that blocks some of what it tries to phone home. Not perfect but lesser evil.

Blocking a few ads huh? why bother? You have WiFi in your home? they know bud period no rebuttal, block ur ads a feel private tho ....

Posted by citral

- Today at 08:45:47

Yeah, kind of obvious but good that they make the masses aware and public shame them.

Personally I never connected mine, I use an Android tv box that is segregated on a "garbage iot" vlan that can't see my other devices, behind adguard that blocks some of what it tries to phone home. Not perfect but lesser evil.

Posted by Rarxcat

- Today at 08:37:40

I actually tried using an external device but the external streamer was so much worse, it actually started sharing my internet as an end point. Definitely not something you'd want to go in blind.

Posted by Redaktion

- Today at 07:41:21

An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html