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It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you (www.theverge.com)
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Crossposted from https://infosec.pub/post/52518361

The TV world has been a pot of controversy thanks to a two-hour-and-15-minute video from Gamers Nexus claiming LG TVs are nefariously spying on everything you do. They can record and store audio even when they seem to be off, track everything you watch, and could even be hacked remotely and turned into covert surveillance […]

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[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've censored so much traffic that it has issues with certain things. If there wasn't a price crisis I had planned to build my own Android TV box with an old Intel NUC or such but not at these prices. I've not looked into anything about DNS over https. I am behind a VPN at the router though not sure if that helps.

[–] adjectivenoun@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I appreciate the info! A TV box really doesn't require much in the way of hardware. Have you considered picking up an old laptop? I personally use a SteamLink to stream from my desktop. (Pretty rare that I want to watch TV and game at the same time.)