Post by @smallcircles@social.coop

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

The attached #video details the absolute #privacy horror of LG #television and #monitor products, that install #adware without consent, have #AI integration, and a horrible privacy policy..

> LG recently forced upon us an app install loaded with #McAfee adware through a #Windows update. We found that this has been happening to tons of users, made worse by LG's shady history with #TV's that instruct buyers to inform house visitors of third-party microphones in their living room. At no point in the adware or application install did LG or Microsoft ask us for consent or permission to install the software and enable its various permissions. On monitors ranging 1 day old in our office to 3 years old, we've been able to replicate these issues -- including on the LG 34GX900A-B that we just bought (and have now returned, following #spyware concerns).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM

Excerpt from LG privacy policy reading:

i. CONSENT REQUIREMENT: You acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility to obtain all necessary consents from any third parties whose voices may be captured by the Productand to notify household members and guests their their voices may be captured and processed, in compliance with the applicable wiretapping, eavesdropping, and privacy laws. — Excerpt from LG privacy policy reading: i. CONSENT REQUIREMENT: You acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility to obtain all necessary consents from any third parties whose voices may be captured by the Productand to notify household members and guests their their voices may be captured and processed, in compliance with the applicable wiretapping, eavesdropping, and privacy laws.

#adware #monitor #mcafee #television #windows #tv #spyware #privacy #ai #video

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Tim Zee

@ilust606@mastodon.social 1 hour ago

@smallcircles
Thanks for the advice. I will avoid all LG products.

Nenon

@nenon@masto.euroburners.eu 4 hours ago

@smallcircles
Okay stupid question: why is there no jailbreaks for any of these TVs? Has simply nobody started with that yet?

Steve Loughran

@stevel@hachyderm.io 3 hours ago

@nenon @smallcircles they're running their own OS; the real solution is take offline and put another device in, from an amazon firestick to a raspberry pi.

I did audit the data collection policies of TV vendors last tv we bought, and ended up with a Sony one. LG devices are the absolute worst for data collection, even our old one added collection and reporting of info about what was coming up the HDMI ports.

That they go for monitors too doesn't surprise me -except by its lack of subtlety