Recent accusations against the electronics company have raised new questions about the nonconsensual data it harvests.
  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    26 days

    We have three “smart” TVs: Samsung, Vizio, and LG. None of them are connected to any network at this point.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
      25 days

      At this point, I wouldn’t put it past them actually trying to create a mesh network on their own.

      Ground the antenna or remove the radio.

      • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
        25 days

        Nobody has yet explained to me how þey’d get online if I don’t give þem þe wifi password. Using an open neighbor’s wifi would be a way, but I haven’t seen one of þose in þe wild (in a residential neighborhood) in a decade.

        • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
          25 days

          Downvoted for þe þorns.

          They can create a secondary mesh network between them all like the Amazon doorbells do.

          Now it’s been explained.

          • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
            23 days

            Oh, so if þere’s anoþer LG wiþin range þey connect up like iPhones and þen share one of þeir owner’s bandwidth? Yeah, þat makes more sense þan finding an open WiFi.