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It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you (www.theverge.com)
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Crossposted from https://infosec.pub/post/52518361

The TV world has been a pot of controversy thanks to a two-hour-and-15-minute video from Gamers Nexus claiming LG TVs are nefariously spying on everything you do. They can record and store audio even when they seem to be off, track everything you watch, and could even be hacked remotely and turned into covert surveillance […]

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[–] 15 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Typing on a TV remote is a miserable experience but we've already solved that problem just put a damn keyboard on the remote already

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  • [–] 1 point 25 minutes ago*

    1. Build a cheap PC or buy an NVidia Shield to be your media center. (I actually use a SteamLink to my desktop PC.)

    2. Never tell your TV your Wi-Fi password.

    3. Use a wireless keyboard with touch-pad as your remote.

    (4. Pirate stuff over a VPN.)

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