I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting
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from greenbelt@lemy.lol to privacy@lemmy.ml on 26 Dec 2025 13:37
https://lemy.lol/post/58219324
from greenbelt@lemy.lol to privacy@lemmy.ml on 26 Dec 2025 13:37
https://lemy.lol/post/58219324
Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.
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It can’t send screen shots if it doesn’t connect to the internet. I own an LG TV and it’s never been connected to a network.
For those of you who need it:
Press the Settings button on your remote (the gear icon).
When the side menu pops up, select Settings.
Choose the General option.
Scroll down and select System.
5, Select Additional Settings.
Plenty of TVs are capable of radioing your neighbour’s TV and piggybacking off their internet connection, so if it’s not in a Faraday cage, it might be overconfident to say it’s never been connected to a network.
Source on this?
Not OP, but I have heard that some smart TVs do automatically join open networks. Whether it’s true or not, I can’t say.
But if it is true, I would imagine it would vary between manufacturers and even specific device models.
The obvious choice is “don’t buy tvs that might do this” but if you’ve already got one, open up the case, find the wifi antenna, and pull the little connection out.
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