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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.

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You could try to host your DNS, change the router DNS to that and then spend a while to see to which addresses the TV talk to and block them, it's probably time consuming but if you have that time, it can work

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, I know. I have a blocklist for LG and other common brands compiled by someone else on my router DNS adblocker. But considering how sneaky they are with collecting information they should stay the fuck away from, I bet they have mechanisms to get around their common ad domains for the data that matters.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 minutes ago

Do a whitelist.