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Its an old LG, but given the recent light on the lengths they'll go to spy on us, I figured this guy was better off without any ability to even connect wirelessly. Don't know if the Ethernet still works but I plan on keeping my TVs as dumb as possible, HDMI only.

If you're wondering how to open lg TVs you just have to remove all the screws then start pulling open at the bottom and open the clips going up. With the TV face down on a soft surface just keep pulling on the back case from the bottom, it'll take some effort to pop open. The top edge folds open more like a hidge than clips.

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[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like we need to have some fake point where it can drop its package into instead. Make the TV think it uploaded successfully but it just goes into a trash can.

Somehow this can work with some DNS tinkering.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

You're thinking of a black hole. DNS wouldn't do it. DNS just translates a domain name to an IP. If you know the IP, you can skip DNS entirely.

I'd also take a guess that whatever repository a spy devices is uploading to has some kind of handshake procedure. You don't want you spy TV to upload all that juicy data to a competitor or a researcher.