▲ 110 ▼ [Gamers Nexus] - LG Says We're Fake News (thelemmy.club) submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to c/technology@piefed.social 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments Invidious Youtube 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.
[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 30 points 7 hours ago (7 children) Your average person isnt going to set up a pihole permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] ceenote@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MapleFawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It doesn't need to be your wifi. Neighbor turning on hotspot without password on their phone is enough to send the recorded data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 hours ago Damn. Didn’t think of that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] schwim@piefed.zip 3 points 6 hours ago Your average person isn't subscribed to GN either. My comment was in that context. permalink fedilink source parent [–] officermike@lemmy.world 1 point 7 hours ago The average person should at the very least be able to remove it from the network and connect a separate streaming device. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MapleFawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It doesn't need to be your wifi. Neighbor turning on hotspot without password on their phone is enough to send the recorded data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 hours ago Damn. Didn’t think of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MapleFawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It doesn't need to be your wifi. Neighbor turning on hotspot without password on their phone is enough to send the recorded data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 hours ago Damn. Didn’t think of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It doesn't need to be your wifi. Neighbor turning on hotspot without password on their phone is enough to send the recorded data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 hours ago Damn. Didn’t think of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago (1 child) It doesn't need to be your wifi. Neighbor turning on hotspot without password on their phone is enough to send the recorded data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 hours ago Damn. Didn’t think of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 hours ago Damn. Didn’t think of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schwim@piefed.zip 3 points 6 hours ago Your average person isn't subscribed to GN either. My comment was in that context. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] officermike@lemmy.world 1 point 7 hours ago The average person should at the very least be able to remove it from the network and connect a separate streaming device. permalink fedilink source parent
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