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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I’ve had a “smart” TV for about 4 years. It keeps asking to update the firmware.

No. Effin’. Way.

It’s just going to install more and more spyware, bloatware, and find a way to charge me for something I didn’t have to pay for before.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    And thus vulnerabilities are introduced. Either by not updating the FW, or by updating the FW.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    The odds of someone attacking my tv via the internet are as close to zero that “never gonna happen” is just about right. If it did happen, it would be because they went via the server maintainer for the firmware to attack all the TVs, and if they did that then an updated firmware would just as likely be a culprit.

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