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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 56 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Bought a LG TV and a Monitor three years ago. Last time I will do that. Really happy about my decision not to let the TV have access to the internet.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good luck finding a brand NOT doing it by the time you're ready for a new one.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

A lot of bad ones out there, but some are worse than others. For example, I'm not going to consider a Samsung TV because of how many times they've done something sketchy

LG is also falling down the list with this incident

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah fist time I saw an ad on my smart monitor I reset it and never connected it to my wifi again

[–] thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's the point of a smart monitor? It's connected to a PC. The PC is smart.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’d love to know who wants all that extra crap

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

About 90% of Society. If you told my mom she was going to have to plug in a device and use another button on her remote (input) she’d look at you like you were asking her to replace a CPU on a computer. Can I do that? Yeah, I can but it’s delicate work fraught with danger.

[–] zackhow@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, mine has never reached the internet, it is connected but is blocked at the firewall so I can still hook home assistant up to it.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What does a home assistant do for you in regards to a monitor? A tv I can understand a bit better but even then it just seems like the tv would be secondary to your media player/device

[–] zackhow@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I was responding to his TV mention.