216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

Post by fillskills » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC

rpdillon wrote: post #399

korzinka wrote: post #107

I've bought an LG Smart TV 5 years ago, read t&c where I was supposed to grant them any data they wanted, decided to disagree and kept all network functions disabled. I was ridiculed by my friends for that. At some point, I thought - maybe I'm really crazy to do so? Who am I, a caveman, a luddite? Oh well, I'm not. Not a bad tv though, many HDMI ports!

I have a similar reaction from folks when I don't trust services/devices. Most telling moment was when I refused to upload my license to LinkedIn because I lost 2FA (token on phone, phone destroyed). Microsoft assured me they would "delete the license as soon as it was verified". I've written too many software systems for too many companies, and I do not believe them . Of course, they'd outsourced to AU10TIX, which d…

Post by drdeca » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC

unrented7977 wrote: post #374

skerit wrote: post #326

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I never understood why any of the smartness had to be built into the TV in the first place. Sure, it's useful for the first year, and then the seriously underpowered hardware they installed into it will have trouble with just about anything. I bought a Philips Ambilight OLED TV probably over 8 years now. Brilliant tv, great quality, I still see no reason to replace it at all. But its built in AndroidTV is garbage.

It's so you buy a new one every few years instead of keeping the same TV for a decade or two. Capitalism cannot survive when products last a lifetime.

Post by _puk » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

skerit wrote: post #326

Sophira wrote: post #175

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Nah, you're not crazy. I'm also someone who actually reads terms documents, because I find that they're often the only thing that will be truthful about a company's intentions. And keeping it completely disconnected from the internet should be the default, in my opinion.

I never understood why any of the smartness had to be built into the TV in the first place. Sure, it's useful for the first year, and then the seriously underpowered hardware they installed into it will have trouble with just about anything. I bought a Philips Ambilight OLED TV probably over 8 years now. Brilliant tv, great quality, I still see no reason to replace it at all. But its built in AndroidTV is garbage.

Post by soraminazuki » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

layer8 wrote: post #475

hatefulheart wrote: post #470

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That’s great! Because then you’re left with the simple task of raising it up with the government.

It’s actually the judiciary you’d bring it up with, I believe.

Post by Moldoteck » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

hn_submit wrote: post #442

howunfortunate wrote: post #401

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This would kill some middling parties but wouldn't do mich. I worked for a major adtech company that bought zero third party data. There's enough in the bidrequests. And we had nothing on Meta or Google's ecosystems.

It also implies that Google,Meta and others can't put trackers on other people's websites. That kills about 99% of all tracking on the internet. Foreign companies would also be banned from placing trackers to close any loopholes.