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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And you think the other manufacturers are different?

Only solution is NO NETWORK. Use as a simple TV. I have 2 fairly new LGs and none are network connected. They work perfectly that way. I learnt the lesson with my 15y old Samsung SmartTV, one of the first to the market, and it wanted to use a Samsung account for almost everything, even to use the Youtube client. Nope.

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These are computer monitors, not TVs. Plugging them into a Windows box triggers Windows to silently install their "driver," which silently installs a handful of other startup apps. It's an escalation of the smartTV-wifi path.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anybody truly worried about being monitored isn't going to be running windows.

[–] lemmyout@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes.. No true Scotsman would use Windows.

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Better alternatives existing doesn't give Windows a free pass to be as shitty as they want.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Of course it does. Your whining sure as fuck won't change anything kiddo. You can downvote this fact all night long if it makes you feel better though 🤣

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I grabbed a used Samsung dumb tv off fb market place but I haven't decided how im going to configure a streaming device to it. All the streaming sticks do the same thing. Building my own sounds like a pain.

I have a little server but I want a remote and a basically have to make my own box to be able to cut out these 3rd party spies.