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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#commentsReplying to @vegeta@lemmy.world
Go to any mid sized or larger company and run a port scan and you’ll be immediately found and taken to the woodshed or fired.
But I guess doing it unannounced in peoples home is just fine.
Replying to @kreskin@lemmy.world
What about the larger companies with LG tvs in their offices?
Replying to @galbraith@lemmy.world
You wouldn’t add them to the network. HDMI to the conf room table or a dedicated phone controller. Maybe an HDMI matrix.
Forget the TV calling home for advertisement info, i’m worried about holes in their screen mirroring and microphone that would let people snoop from the floors above/below me. If we need smart features, we tie them to either real media hardware, or plug them to a small computer.