In Canada: Unauthorized interception of private communications by a non-participant is an indictable offence under s.184(1), carrying up to 5 years in prison.
LG should face legal consequences.
install custom roms on your phones and avoid proprietary apps. just saying.
My lg TV will never connect to the Internet again after switching to using a Linux box on HDMI. So it can listen all it wants but that data is going nowhere
According to the article, if not connected to the Internet, they store the data locally and then upload it when they next get an Internet connection.
I guess I’m glad I cut the power to the tv when not in use, in addition to blocking its connection at my router.
So that’s why the owners community keep saying their TVs have a running out of memory issue…
I’m very glad that I’ve never given my LG tv access to the internet and I certainly don’t intend to now.
I am not saying the following happens, i think there is no proof it happens, but its technically doable.
They are capable of scanning for local networks and bluetooth devices which can be used to identify a location. (This part they definitely do)
If your neighbour has an lg tv, or the presence of the tv is extracted through your phone. Then they know where it is and they also know of any open/public wifi networks around.
The researchers from gamers nexus can connect to 2 (ssid) networks at once for some reason.
In theory a neighbours lg tv could
broadcast their wifi credentials to your tv toconnect to upload the data.In theory a neighbours lg tv could broadcast their wifi credentials to your tv to connect to upload the data.
but its technically doable.
Agree that mesh networking is technically doable. Credentials, IDK about that, but mesh, yes.
I thought I remembered a mfg who sold appliances that would try to mesh-network with others from the same mfg. Even if it was at another household or w/e.
But I can’t seem to find the story now! IDK, maybe I’m fulla shit. Maybe I’m just jaded and my brain made it up. I’m trying to search but overloaded with pages about legit mesh networking.
Gamin nexus mentioned it somewhere in their long video.
These devices do send encrypted information to their corporate masters we cannot know if it happens, but with what we know what these devices do we can conclude they designed to do stuff like that.
None of my lg oled’s are connected to the internet, instead i use old raspberry pi’s to run nuvio, tivimate, and jellyfin. They are showing their age however, and I can’t justify the price of new ones. Is there a lineage os for any of these mainstream android boxes? Like the Walmart branded ones (Onn)?
Glad I don’t want a TV.
