LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

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.

www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

This is a good time to remind everyone to:

• Install Pi Hole, get LG rules to nerf all the telemetric data going out
• Jailbreak the TV, install SmartTube for your YouTube account without ads and live your best life
• Edit: since some people asked for a Pi Hole configuration, I found a couple of them that I’m going to try out and tweak:
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheShawnMiranda/LG-TV-Ad-Block/master/list
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt

I hope it helps!

Even better. Put the LG on a untrusted vlan that only whitelists public IP access.

That still leaves you with an active wiretap on all of your conversations.

Its never gonna phone home. If I was really worried about it I would take the TV apart and locate the mic. Put a switch between it or just cut it.

It will try to find any unsecured WiFi