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[Gamers Nexus] - LG Says We're Fake News
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Why get rid of it if you already own it rather than block the undesirable traffic through a pihole/router?
Your average person isnt going to set up a pihole
Most people who are aware of the issue and also care about it would probably rather figure out setting up a pihole than replacing an otherwise okay TV. Like me.
I believe the OG gamer nexus article did say that a pie hole isn’t quite enough as LG can hide the data within legit data and nothing short of a firewall would suffice and the best solution is to never connect it to the internet not even for updates.
This is the answer. My Samsung “smart tv” doesn’t know WiFi exists. A separate box for all the smart apps, that too blocked from accessing most tracking networks using NextDNS.
It doesn't need to be your wifi. Neighbor turning on hotspot without password on their phone is enough to send the recorded data.
Damn. Didn’t think of that.
you can remove the wifi adapter in some models
Or disable wifi entirely. Mine has an option to turn it on or off.
if you trust that setting
Your average person isn't subscribed to GN either. My comment was in that context.
The average person should at the very least be able to remove it from the network and connect a separate streaming device.
It would locally store the logs forever and when you sell it or pass it on, that person might connect it to the internet which will send the backlog.
It actually tries to connect to networks around you and if successful phones home that way.
Does it respect the wifi toggle?
It would respect disconnecting the antenna wire.
Is there a source on that? I haven't seen one.
Yes there is just watch the videos they put out
You can also disconnect the wifi/bt daughterboard.
Depends on whether you can identify and cleanly block the traffic you don't want, while still allowing the traffic needed for the online services. I'd instead keep the TV offline and use an external streaming device (ideally something like Kodi, but more realistically a Google TV streamer or similar)
A Google box is the same as an LG TV They are both spyware.
I wouldn’t even hook it up to internet.
It connects to open access points on its own