greenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10external-linkI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comgreenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoNot 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.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe 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.
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.