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  • This needs to be illegal.
    by 201984
  • I have a few LG OLED tv's. I do not ever connect them to the internet - I just treat them as dumb hdmi/dp displays. One is driven by an Apple TV, the other is connected to a Linux gaming pc. Haven't had any issues at all.
    by whalesalad
  • "Publishes with the most proxy flagged apps"

    1. Desoline (based in Netanya (Israel)

    2. Bright Data (based in Israel)

    Interesting.

    by HDBaseT
  • This turned out to be more ethical than I thought. I'd thought there wasn't any consent at all, or the actual mention of proxying was buried in a 20 page EULA.
    by gruez
  • I think it’s worth emphasizing that based on the article, those are third party apps, not first party LG apps.

    Based on the headline I thought it’s the built-in apps.

    by cube2222
  • I've always have a deep, instinctive revulsion for smart TVs, but every year I read of some new mandmade horrors beyond comprehension, and it escalates by a few more points.
    by andai
  • Never ever connect your "Smart"-TV to your network, or if you have an incurable impulse to then make sure it's on a firewalled gateway-less VLAN. Take the money you save buying the thing (compared to what a profitable "dumb" version would cost) and buy a surplus corporate mini-workstation system, and slap LibreELEC/Kodi or whatever on it, and use that device as your "smart" device. No good for you can ever come from bringing the TV onto the internet... ever!

    (Also: never paypig, never subscribe!)

    by rustcleaner
  • I'll get on my high horse and say you can get solid "DID/Commercial" TVs for not that much more: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1788343-REG/samsung_q...

    I got this a few months ago -- 4k, solid brightness, and ok color.

    Is it the OMG BEST? no. But I Disabled wifi, and even the channel display.

    I use it with an apple TV with CEC on the TV -- I turn on the apple tv, TV turns on straight to apple interface. I turn off from the apple remote, TV turns off.

    It's effectively "an apple TV" -- I'm happy.

    by lbotos

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