"The toaster is listening" in 2006 🤣

"The toaster is listening" in 2026 😬

I thought I had disabled everything but mine was still connected to WiFi. Thanks for the reminder. I disconnected it and blocked it at the router.

Tired of doing this for so many devices. We truly live in a full on surveillance state.

Suggestions for people who only need and want a good screen instead of an ad infested spy station?

"We own the glass, we own the TV, we own the living room. We know who is in an LG home." --LG President of Ads

These are the Gamers Nexus videos btw. Support them and their work. Get some cool shirts and physical media while you're at it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5KnFmKjFTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

This is perfectly legal for a reason.

Are they monitoring everyone closely? No.

Are they monitoring those running for office, those they find "of interest", certain key words and phrases, and so on?

CERTAINLY.

AI helps them to sort through the noise; this is the Patriot Act manifest. Companies are eager to comply.

Decades ago, they would have to "wire" your house to monitor you, tapping your phone and the like.

Today, they simply have to notice you, and they can get all of the data they want at will.

If your goal is political and unpopular with the powers that be, using the internet or phone will never be even vaguely secure. The TV is watching you... and the fridge and the washing machine and so on.

If you think your device is secure; that very same device is guaranteed to be insecure. They are supremely interested in those who want "secret" communications.

in capitalist America , you don't listen to tv , tv listen to you !

A screen that records audio without your consent? Maybe, they got inspiration from 1984

I have a Samsung TV that I suspect does this. Once upon a time (back when I was less knowledgeable about this practice) I connected my TV to the internet. I have since been totally I able to forget my network from the TV, even a factory reset didn't wipe the network settings from it. I've had to block it from the network at a router level.

I only discovered it was still doing this when I got a new router, and I had a popup on my TV saying "software update downloaded and complete" and I was wondering how tf it did that even though I'd gone through the process of forgetting the network, and seemingly the settings showed it had been "done".

Shady fucks.

Luigi

is it same with very old lg? (20 years i think)

TVs shouldn't get internet…

I didn’t know rooting was a thing for LG tv’s, but I’m definitely looking into it now.

Back in the 90's we had designated computer desks, where the big ass CRT and big ass desktop PC lived. Most people would use a surge protector power strip with a master power switch, and they would use that one switch to turn on and off the CRT monitor, PC, printer, desk lamp, etc..

That seems like a great idea right about how.

I'm very glad that my "unsubstantiated fearmongering" regarding smart TVs doesn't look that unsubstantiated anymore. I've Bad my girldfriends Samsung smartTV Lockes down once she moved in with that thing and I saw what kind of connections that thing made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5KnFmKjFTA

I think my TV is too old to be doing this, I hope