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verily ( verily@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to privacy@lemmy.ca · 1 month ago

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

www.notebookcheck.net

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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

www.notebookcheck.net

verily ( verily@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to privacy@lemmy.ca · 1 month ago
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An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.
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  • birdwing ( birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    1 month ago

    Site: “We value your privacy”

    1745 partners

    Is there someone who can get the text from a non-cancerous source?

    • codydodd ( codydodd@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Shoshana Zuboff’s Surveillance Capitalism will be work remembered 500 years from now… we didnt heed the warnings.

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    USA specific, or other markets too?

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    Repeat after me, kids: “I will not give my wifi password to my TV.”

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      Unfortunately, the TVs could still be programmed to opportunistically use open wifi, from a neigbor or passing car or smartphone for example.

      And if manufacturers haven’t already included cell network radios, they could easily do so.

      Repeat after me: Prefer dumb displays over smart TVs.

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