Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks agoOr get a laptop or some other device so the TV has no choice but work as a simple display. We’ve come full circle
Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks agoOr get a laptop or some other device so the TV has no choice but work as a simple display. We’ve come full circle
PineRune@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The new problem is AI running on the TV taking the images sent to it and processing those separately from everything else, and using that to see what you’re doing and watching.
skeezix@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Have you been reading? Don’t connect your tv to wifi.
PineRune@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You’ll have to rip the networking chip out pretty soon to stop them from sniffing out and connecting to WiFi or other devices connected to the internet.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They aren’t including hardware capable of brute forcing WPA2 in a TV.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
That’s only an issue if someone’s still running an open network near you.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
So… next step is to cut it’s wifi antenna and fill the ethernet port with superglue? Tech is amazing /s
SuiXi3D@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Open it up and desolder the networking chip. It's the only way to be sure. Hope you've got a heat gun!
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Just use a DNS blocker ffs.
flightyhobler@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sadly not a magic fix
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Why not? That plus a good router forcing all DNS queries to you server of choice (e.g., Asus+Merlin) is the way to go.