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The insane amount of requests my LG tv has sent since last Friday (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 hours ago by iloveyou@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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We recently blacklisted some of the IP’s that our LG tv was sending data to. I can’t believe the sheer number of requests logged in just 1 week! And what’s worse is LG is even denying it now

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[–] iloveyou@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s true, and yeah still crazy. No, we tried this first just out of curiosity and because our kids use the apps on the television. But just completely dumbing it down will be the next step. I’m just disappointed, man. It was a new tv

[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Some set top boxes are little better. Even then, some the apps get you. Netflix is awful with tracking.

[–] iloveyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

And Tubi from what I can tell! But not surprised by either