LG Smart TVs have security bugs that could let hackers hijack them

I have an LG smart tv that is less than 2 years old. I will never buy another LG tv. Inputs randomly activate for no apparent reason. The stupid thing is incessantly nagging for updates, and will superimpose its nag window over any/all inputs, so if I’m using a Firestick remote, I have to go find the LG remote to tell the updater to f*ck off, so I can resume whatever I was doing (I say ‘I’ when in reality I’m responding to constant “Daaaad!” calls from my young ones).

Btw this is one of the TVs that has been “rooted” because dev menu was unlockable, yet there’s no bypass for the aforementioned.

That's why I do not put Smart TV on a IP subnet having Internet access; I blocked a block of IP addresses from going out to the Internet ... for all my IoTs, including the Smart TVs.

I too have several LG TVs and see their periodic attempts to reach out to their foreign master servers for things NOT related to LG software update test (looking at you, Google).

I have a LG Smart TV that I use as a dumb TV that's driven by a Asus pn51 "palm of our hand" computer running Linux Mint. Finally a Logitech MX Ergo 'thumb ball bluetooth mouse' allows me to sit on the sofa across the living room and happily browse the internet, watch movies, youtube and almost anything else you can think off. (All the details here are just in case someone else would like to do something similar, this could be a starting point.)

> LG released a patch for the security issues as part of its latest update on March 22. Most LG devices should have downloaded this update automatically.

Not much to see here. If you own an LG WebOS powered smart TV make sure you update it.

EDIT: I was under caffeinated and forgot a word.

Yet another example where "smart" TVs don't work to the consumer's benefit.