An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

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An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 天前

      Gamers nexus showed commercial displays also record audio.

      They want data. Data is part of the business plan of making displays.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      24·
      3 天前

      Let me know when I can get one at a place like Best Buy, Microcenter, or Costco.

      • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        14 小时前

        Try thrift stores and goodwills. An older TV from the late-2000s still does the same job at a fraction of the price. And more often than not, they have MORE options and features built in than a new TV does.

        • grue@lemmy.world
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          14 小时前

          The odds of finding a 4K 50"+ dumb TV (which is what it would take to be better than the 15-year-old but pretty high-end at the time 1080P 47" dumb TV I already have) at a thrift store seems… unlikely.

          More to the point, it does absolutely nothing to refute my point that dumb TVs are entirely unavailable new at retail.