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submitted 1 day ago by iloveyou@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

We recently blacklisted some of the IP’s that our LG tv was sending data to. I can’t believe the sheer number of requests logged in just 1 week! And what’s worse is LG is even denying it now

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[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

Seems like it might be easiest to set up a dummy server. Let the device think it reached home.

[-] vapeloki@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I would think that a CA certificate may be hardcoded? Only way it to block it. Faking it maybe with rooting. And then you can gut it also

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2026
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