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LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices (arstechnica.com)
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[-] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 days ago

https://thecybersecguru.com/news/lg-smart-tv-spying-investigation/

There are roughly 216 million LG smart TVs in homes, hospitals, offices, and hotels worldwide. Each one maps its local network, fingerprints its content, and logs audio, on or off, whether you’re talking to it or to someone else, whether you’re online or not, and feeds that into an ad engine that sells access to your living room.

They do a lot more than just scan the network.

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