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[Gamers Nexus] - LG Says We're Fake News (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by to c/technology@piefed.social
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TL;DW:

  • LG fails to do damage control and continues to act in bad faith.

If you own a LG tv you should really get rid of it as it's a security and privacy nightmare device in your home.

[Gamers Nexus] - LG Says We're Fake News
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[–] 30 points 7 hours ago (14 children)

Why get rid of it if you already own it rather than block the undesirable traffic through a pihole/router?

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  • [–] 1 point 40 minutes ago

    Depends on whether you can identify and cleanly block the traffic you don't want, while still allowing the traffic needed for the online services. I'd instead keep the TV offline and use an external streaming device (ideally something like Kodi, but more realistically a Google TV streamer or similar)

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  • [–] 30 points 7 hours ago (7 children)

    Your average person isnt going to set up a pihole

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  • [–] 10 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

    Most people who are aware of the issue and also care about it would probably rather figure out setting up a pihole than replacing an otherwise okay TV. Like me.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    I believe the OG gamer nexus article did say that a pie hole isn’t quite enough as LG can hide the data within legit data and nothing short of a firewall would suffice and the best solution is to never connect it to the internet not even for updates.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    This is the answer. My Samsung “smart tv” doesn’t know WiFi exists. A separate box for all the smart apps, that too blocked from accessing most tracking networks using NextDNS.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

    It actually tries to connect to networks around you and if successful phones home that way.

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