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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

unless LG skips DNS entirely and hard codes its IPs.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh right that might be a problem, but in that case we can make a subnet (as i suggested on another reply) and block any connection that isn't on specific addresses or IPs with a firewall

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Or more likely it'll just use DoH or DoT. DNS blocking is still effective but it's becoming less so as these companies wise up.