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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2026
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I'm very glad that my "unsubstantiated fearmongering" regarding smart TVs doesn't look that unsubstantiated anymore. I've Bad my girldfriends Samsung smartTV Lockes down once she moved in with that thing and I saw what kind of connections that thing made.
She can still use it if you tell her to disable the Wi-Fi then plug in a laptop.
Not that simple for her, she likes some of the features it offers. For example, using the youtube app on your phone to control videos on the TV. I've blocked most unrelated domains tho, including the update domains so I'm not being surprised by a random update that bypasses everything I've set up.
Once I got a bit of time, I play on building a pi box that works similarly to what she's expecting.
You can do that with SmartTube on an Android box.