▲ 852 ▼ LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net) submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 242 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (4 children) How? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (3 children) You didn't connect your Samsung smart TV, but your neighbor did, and they connect over a second separate Samsung™©® network that you and your neighbor both 'consented' to in the Eula's, where media fingerprints and timestamps are exchanged updated, etc during downtime. Evil mesh networks, basically. Or Sony™, or rjfyjdokfdrlvdgjg™, or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's really interesting and very plausible. I'd never considered it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 months ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I wish Lemmy had a ban list and post/thread removal list. It'd make it easier to know what's allowed here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (3 children) You didn't connect your Samsung smart TV, but your neighbor did, and they connect over a second separate Samsung™©® network that you and your neighbor both 'consented' to in the Eula's, where media fingerprints and timestamps are exchanged updated, etc during downtime. Evil mesh networks, basically. Or Sony™, or rjfyjdokfdrlvdgjg™, or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's really interesting and very plausible. I'd never considered it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 months ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I wish Lemmy had a ban list and post/thread removal list. It'd make it easier to know what's allowed here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's really interesting and very plausible. I'd never considered it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 months ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 months ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I wish Lemmy had a ban list and post/thread removal list. It'd make it easier to know what's allowed here. permalink fedilink source parent