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

I know my Time Warner/Spectrum router used to have one back in the day as part of their "nationwide wifi" or whatever it was called.

I bought my own modem and router years ago. Last year I bought a new TPLink router when I wanted to upgrade my wifi and I put custom firmware (OpenWrt) on it to make sure I was in comtrol.

[–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Does it work well with the new firmware??

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Works fine for me.