Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
dhork@lemmy.world 1 month agoJust don’t hook it up to your wifi. Don’t use any of its included apps. If you must stream get a separate device to do it.
I have a Samsung smart TV that is not connected to any networks, and every few days it will display a ‘detecting device’ loading screen when switching to my input that fails after 30 seconds or until I cancel it (canceling does not seem to impact its functioning)
I have no evidence but I strongly suspect this to be related to attempting to record and send device data to a remote server.
I have noticed this too, I have to press the ‘back’ button on the remote to get the computer output.
Question, what separate device is best and most privacy focused? I just imagine getting a firestick, google Chromecast, etc would also give away data?
Sometimes it requires Wi-Fi for setup. In that case, change the Wi-Fi password after you set it up.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is the correct answer. I actually disabled LG’s version of it when I first heard about it. A few months later it had been reactivated in an update, so I just factory reset it and connected an old laptop.
You can’t trust anyone — corporation or government — to protect or respect your privacy. Ever. If it’s not open source and E2EE, assume that a criminal is going to view and process it.
grue@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No it is not the correct answer! The correct answer is to put the CEOs who perpetrate this criminal shit in prison for millions of counts of hacking and stalking!
anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The downvotes are because your “solution” is not based in the reality that the rest of us live in.
JamesFire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There are no downvotes, so I’m not sure what point you think you’re making.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Okay… Well I’m gonna continue protecting my data and recommending everyone do the same, while you live in a magical fantasy land where we don’t live in capitalist plutocracies and the rule of law applies to everyone equally!