DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns

[Arjun]

 

[tigerwillow1]

I have a newer Sony and Vizio TV. Neither is connected to the Internet and serves as a monitor for a satellite receiver, TIVO, or Roku. Hopefully this crap isn't sophisticated enough to send TV-generated spy info over HDMI to one of these devices that then forwards it on to the mother ship. I remember the Sony box was full of fine print "By opening this box you agree..." junk. The Sony TV occasionally complains that it's not connected to the Internet.

As for the hard-to-believe monitor crap, Linux keeps looking better and better.

 

[Arjun]

I have a newer Sony and Vizio TV. Neither is connected to the Internet and serves as a monitor for a satellite receiver, TIVO, or Roku. Hopefully this crap isn't sophisticated enough to send TV-generated spy info over HDMI to one of these devices that then forwards it on to the mother ship. I remember the Sony box was full of fine print "By opening this box you agree..." junk. The Sony TV occasionally complains that it's not connected to the Internet.

As for the hard-to-believe monitor crap, Linux keeps looking better and better.

I'm going to start changing in front of my TV, strip down to bear-naked. Enough is enough