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tombardieron LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'

I for one completely believe them. That's why I rooted my C5, disabled all telemetry, and disabled Internet access entirely by default from an isolated vlan on my network that has no access to anything on any other network. I'm tempted to remove the WiFi/BT board if it's an add-on card, and probably unplug the microphones as well. I only need it as a display for my PC and 4K disc player.

tombardieron The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)

Yeah it's not actually intentional; I have sunk a lot of time into trying to stop it happening. The firmware on my motherboard sucks; I couldn't even suspend it before the last bios update. Relatively new board.

tombardieron LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

Oh wow; I'm definitely doing to look into this, thanks!

tombardieron 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

My LG C5 is in a separate VLAN, with no access to the rest of my home network. I've never accepted the terms and conditions, and I don't need anything from it other than to be a display for my 4k player and PC. I guess now I'm going to remove Internet access from it altogether!

The thing I'd like is if the remote didn't have 4 buttons for crappy streaming services I will never use, but instead had 4 buttons to select the HDMI inputs directly; but no, I have to press a button, wait for the stupid laggy UI to load, navigate or point and click at input I want, then do the same to the preview window. A tedious pain in arse for basically the one main thing I use the remote for. It annoys me no end, and it seems to me that the last thing LG care about is the UX; they've put all their efforts into underhand and user-hostile profiling.

I also have a Roku Ultra for streaming, which I very rarely use. I don't expect they treat their users any better and they use ACR too

tombardieron The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)

WoWLAN is a thing. On my motherboard it works so well that it wakes up whenever my phone, laptop or steam deck connect to the WiFi, not just when I actually send the magic packets!

tombardieron Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS

Still works on my up to date pixel 9 xl. I haven't enabled NFC payments though

tombardieron The case against a C alternative (2022)

https://spawn-queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3212477.3212479

tombardieron Dark patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn

All is clear; I enjoyed that bit :)