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LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/lg-tv-shown-capable-of-tracking-user-activity-even-when-offline/?comments-page=1#commentsposted in Technology
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/lg-tv-shown-capable-of-tracking-user-activity-even-when-offline/?comments-page=1#commentsReplying to @vegeta@lemmy.world
Honestly, I'm surprised this isn't common behaviour with all Smart TVs these days. It is trivial to probe a LAN network.
Replying to @Australis13@fedia.io
It is common behavior for a lot of consumer IoT devices. If it goes on your network and you don’t control the software, you should consider it compromised. Even if the manufacturer isn’t doing outright malicious stuff, it likely isn’t secured very well (they never are) so there’s every chance that someone else could find it and use it as a platform for malicious activity.