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It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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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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[–] 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.