LG Spyware TVs

38 points by rythmshifter 84 days ago | 11 comments

mkayokay 84 days ago |

TL;DW: Some LG PC monitors (increasing models - also older models) auto install adware via Windows Update as soon as they are connected. Additionally, LG TVs secretly listen in and send pretty much all data back home.

Thanks for the link. I will make sure never to buy any LG product ever again.

Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy a TV (65"+) that isn't a "smart" TV (where smart == exfiltrating data and/or showing ads). If anyone has any recommendations, I would be grateful.

scottydelta 84 days ago | |

I am working on this personal casting device and I have been using it for both personal use and other work use-cases, here is a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jObZzI2_pv0

Just like youtube, I can log in to my netflix, amazon prime and then use the touch screen to choose the movie to watch and it gets played on the external screen.

mDyJzDPmBdG 84 days ago | |

For few years the solution was to buy any TV you like, not connect it to internet and use some cheap streaming box. Nowadays even Roku added ads to its devices, so the question became: which streaming services are easy to whitelist on router, cause my consumer devices are too unsafe to allow them internet access.

atmanactive 84 days ago | |

I believe the only way is to deny internet connection to the TV and add a HTPC via HDMI.

dnemmers 84 days ago | | |

I believe you can pass network traffic over the HDMI cable.

https://www.slashgear.com/2102867/why-do-some-hdmi-cables-ha...

garciansmith 84 days ago |

Tired of adware and spyware on TVs? Get a monitor that doesn't connect to the internet... and Windows will happily install spyware for you.

N.B., the title here is wrong, this is about computer monitors, not TVs.

nubinetwork 84 days ago | |

Technically the only difference between a tv and a monitor is an rf demodulator, and maybe speakers... and modern tv's can have neither (rf mostly died when tv went digital unless you're an OTA diehard), so there really isn't much of a reason for the split.

atmanactive 84 days ago | | |

Judging by the picture quality, i.e. small pixel font readability, there is a huge split.

Jazgot 84 days ago | |

It is also about TVs. But anyway, title should not be redacted and should indicate that this is video.

cassianoleal 84 days ago | |

Is it possible to get a 65” OLED monitor with HDMI CEC?

ahmedehab_01 83 days ago |

It's diabolical how they are allowed to write that you are obliged to get the consent of every person monitored for their AI training purposes.

Could that mean anyone owning a TV like this can be sued?