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LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 26 points 5 days ago (11 children)

They used to have good TVs :( It’s a good thing I stay away from Smart TVs in general.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 days ago (6 children)

    I found it to be a struggle to find a non-smart TV that was decent...

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    Aren't all TVs non-smart if you do not connect it to the internet?

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  • [–] 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    No they will still collect data that they can

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    But if they don't ever get access to the internet, they can collect all the data they want? Unless they connect to nearby unsecured wifi and use that to connect to their server.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago

    There were unsubstantiated rumours that:

    • Samsung was connecting to open wifi
    • Amazon’s wifi sharing was for this
    • 5G was for this and these companies would add SIMs to the TVs.

    None of those have been observed or proven though.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    In the cases of the LG tvs, they will connect themselves to any open wifi in range, including the Xfinity/AT&T public wifi spots that are often enabled on people's rented routers.

    So if your neighbor, or the Starbuck's on the corner has open wifi then that's enough for your TV to send all your data to the mothership.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Exactly, I’m very disappointed. I bought and LG OLED in 2019, loved it for the image quality and smooth UI. It’s time for an upgrade soon, and I was thinking LG, but will probably have to go diff direction.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I'm holding onto the last of the good plasma tvs from Panasonic, Circa 2012. it's a fantastic picture and no crap. Rs232 serial control for home assistant to turn it on and off.

    I'm dreading the day it dies and I have to find the least shitty replacement

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