Crossposted from https://infosec.pub/post/52518361

The TV world has been a pot of controversy thanks to a two-hour-and-15-minute video from Gamers Nexus claiming LG TVs are nefariously spying on everything you do. They can record and store audio even when they seem to be off, track everything you watch, and could even be hacked remotely and turned into covert surveillance […]

  • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Can you guarantee that a tv isnt constantly, without consent, searching for an unsecured wireless network to connect to? Or has a secret cellular chip? Or, even if it doesnt right now, that it wont in the future?

    This is why we need laws, to protect people who shrug

    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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      9 hours ago

      Dont even need a cell phone. LoRa is a thing and works perfectly fine in both remote areas and not so remote ones.

    • expletivedeleted@lemmy.zip
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      13 hours ago

      Oh bro, fuck yes we need the laws. We are certainly on the same team! Absolutely no question.

      Shit, man, I will be your brother in arms on this topic!