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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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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Are there any hosts file/ublock type of lists that prevent this data from going out? I'd gladly throw that onto any device I can.

[–] Nugscree@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I can share the pihole domains I have for my samsung tv (although it's no longer connected to the internet now)

ocfconnect-shard-eu[0-9]{2}-euwest1.samsungiotcloud.com (regex deny)
ads.samsungads.com (exact deny)
samsungacr.com (exact deny)
samsungotn.net (exact deny)
log-config.samsungacr.com (exact deny)
gpm.samsungqbe.com (exact deny)
config.samsungads.com (exact deny)

It stopped any ads coming through and also prevent (some) data going back to them, mind you this also breaks installing new apps on the tv, so disable, install app from their store, enable again.

Hope this helps

[–] btsax@reddthat.com 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Better than nothing, but if the TV doesn't use DNS or connects to other networks or unsecured networks on its own, you're still hosed

[–] Nugscree@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

These work for at least the 7 series, there were no more ads in the menu's.