greenbeltDec 26

I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting

https://lemy.lol/post/58219324

I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting - lemy.lol

Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.

Show threadatrielienzDec 26

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.

  • Chose the General option.

  • Scroll down and select System.

    • 5, Select Additional Settings.

  • Toggle Live Plus off.
    • Show threadAnyOldName3
    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.
    Dec 26 at 2:27pmWeb
    Show threadfan0mDec 26
    Source on this?
    Show threadcircuscriticDec 26

    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.

    Show threadMiles O'BrienDec 26
    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.
    Show threadVelypsoDec 26

    Im gonna guess most people who buy tvs like this dont have the knowledge to do this.

    This is not a reasonable answer lol

    Show threadMiles O'BrienDec 26
    That’s fair.