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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices (www.notebookcheck.net)
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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71045682

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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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Try thrift stores and goodwills. An older TV from the late-2000s still does the same job at a fraction of the price. And more often than not, they have MORE options and features built in than a new TV does.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The odds of finding a 4K 50"+ dumb TV (which is what it would take to be better than the 15-year-old but pretty high-end at the time 1080P 47" dumb TV I already have) at a thrift store seems... unlikely.

More to the point, it does absolutely nothing to refute my point that dumb TVs are entirely unavailable new at retail.