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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting (www.pocket-lint.com)

submitted 8 months ago by greenbelt@lemy.lol to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rule #1 Do not connect tvs to wifi.

Problems solved.

[–] ScootsMcGoat@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

While this is the correct answer, in my case, with my LG OLED acting as a PC monitor, I have to leave networking on or else I have to manually power it on and off with the remote.

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

I don't see how that's much of a hassle. Also a lot of the time I'll just open up all lackscreen.com and leave that open if I am walking away only for a bit