216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem

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• kettuli@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I bought an LG TV two months before I heard about any of the fuckery LG pushes through their TVs. Granted I don’t allow any device internet access but I’m still pissed.

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  • Deep@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The device record audio, even without internet.

    Check the video for more info.

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    • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Never let it connect to internet.

      This is a temporary solution though. One day they’ll just give it cellular connectivity once it gets cheap enough. And this is terrifying because by then there will be no escape from their surveillance short of hacking into it or putting it in a faraday cage.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They record audio and convert it to text locally so it has virtually infinite storage of everything it hears and uses almost no bandwidth to transmit everything once Internet is reconnected.

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    • kettuli@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes, my only hope is that it relies on a wlan connection, which I simply won’t grant it.

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  • WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They look for any WiFi device you have, or your neighbours, HDMI connection(Those are 2 way connections BTW that can connect through devices that are plugged into your internet), or any other random laptop, phone, or neighbour’s device that it can connect with. Just unplugging them from the internet does nothing. They keep recording and as soon as you have to plug in again or another route is available, Boom goes the dynamite.

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  • wopalopa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    i literally bought lg tv hours before their first driver fuckery came to light. im learning how to jailbreak my tv i hope its enough

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    • Nouvellalia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A new, fully open source firmware is way better than simply not hooking it to Internet, but the only real fix is to disconnect or burn the modem and microphone. Obviously, we all have different a different level of attack surface that makes us feel comfortable. I’m just giving you a heads up. You never know what’s in the other chips.

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• Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I just bought 3 of these how do I fix it 😭

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  • Catalyst_A@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Gamers Nexus is actively working on fixing this. It’s a part of the investigation. Not just exposing the spying, but learning how to actively stop it on the devices. Stay tuned to the Gamers Nexus channels over the next few months as they release the investigation videos.

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    • Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Will do, thanks.

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  • WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Returning them.

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  • Nouvellalia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Open it up and disconnect or burn the modem and microphone.

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• Eternal192@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I am at work now so i haven’t seen the video but can anyone recommend a cheap good “scanner” or something like that that could show me which devices are listening to me and my family?

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  • Johanno@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “scanner” is difficult because every “smart” device phones home and the connection is encrypted.

    However you can safely assume that everyone is doing it. Disconnect any smart device from the Internet and only trust the ones you set up yourself…

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  • Ludrol@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The only good scanner is your frontal lobe. Most scanners are a scam prying on fear of the uneducated. Every smart device is a potential attack vector, and there are two class of entities that can use your device maliciously. Black hat hackers that put malware for residential proxy services or manufactures selling data to advertisers. There are ways to mitigate the risk like air-gapping, putting them on separate network, jailbreaking and buying dumb devices.

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• fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Might be time to take out the wire snips.

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