LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

[JROSS]

You mean those settings any normal person disables the day they get the TV ?

The video covers this extensively. Opting out didnt matter. There are multiple microphones on the device. Even toggling the physical mic off button on one LG model didnt actually kill it. Audio was not only picked up, but recorded and stored until an internet connection was restored.

[fel]

Ok, i never post and comment and just created this account. if bluetooth and wifi aren't disabled through a physical on off switch, then I am not sure using a vlan and adblock does anything to prevent what the goal is. it's likely the majority of our devices are doing this and have been for some time. think the goal is to spatially map these electronic items and a physical switch is needed because if it's an digital switch then people can't be sure anything is 100% disabled and just not on ultra low power mode where scanning may still occur.

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.

I would be interested to know how you keep your box segregated from your other devices..