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Waiting for the "No idea how this happened, we're sorry and promise to make this better in future versions" moment - instead of admitting that this is just their business model.
Hoping for prosecution from the EU and at least one other country.
There's a lot of misinformation in the comments here.
My LG TV runs WebOS, which is a linux distro. I have been wondering how hard it is to root and replace with a distro of my own choosing. I had thought because my TV is pretty old that I was safe from the more sophisticated spying, but last week it interrupted what I was watching and would not let me continue using it without agreeing to new terms of use. This revived my interest in rooting it.
And that's why I have a VLAN without outbound connections allowed. Still allows me to cast to the device from a separate vlan but the TV has no internet at all.
Seriously, this is the way. I did this too in about 15 mins. Also setup a simple rule to allow the vlan to reach my homeserver in a separate vlan specifically on Plex and Jellyfin ports. That's it. They cant phone home. You still enjoy your own media.
Yeah if you setup the firewall correctly you can access the TV but the TV can't access anything it self.
Great, I wonder what my fridge is up to. It's LG and has wifi for some reason. I never connected it to my network, but I wouldn't be surprised if they take advantage of open networks anyway
Glad I unplugged the ethernet cable from my LG TV
So this is why every product started to go standby, low power mode, instead of turning off.
Also because people whine when things take too long to turn on but yes this too
I'm shocked, i tell you, shocked!
How to fix your tv:
Why fabric and aluminium foil? Pretty sure removing microphones/cameras/bt modules is enough :p
Also, the foil wont do too much if you dont ground it!
The fabric is to prevent it from accidentally shorting components. The foil is for a faraday cage.
