At 02:31 PM 20/11/2013, Andy Farkas wrote:
No wonder I don't own a smart TV yet:
http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html
At this point, I decided to do some traffic analysis to see what
was being sent. It turns out that viewing information appears
On 11/20/13 13:47, Rick Welykochy wrote:
Easy solution: disable networking on the TV.
Then you lose Internet TV channels (eg iView). Is this not the point of a
smart TV?
Static IPs are the safest way to go.
Even if you give it a static IP it will start sending info back to LG,
so I'm
not
Andy Farkas wrote:
On 11/20/13 13:47, Rick Welykochy wrote:
Easy solution: disable networking on the TV.
Then you lose Internet TV channels (eg iView). Is this not the point of a
smart TV?
Yes. And I was just going to point out what Jim Birch did next.
Treat your TV as dumb, do not
On 20/11/2013 14:14, Karl Auer wrote:
On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 13:31 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html
This is why you need *outbound* filters as well as well as inbound
ones.
Your home router should not allow
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 19:47 -0800, Rick Welykochy wrote:
Easy solution: disable networking on the TV.
Better solution - block all outbound connectivity, make exceptions for
devices that need it.
Also, probably best to disable DHCP on your router and/or wireless
unit. This stops these damn
On 20/11/13 14:23, Karl Auer wrote:
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 19:47 -0800, Rick Welykochy wrote:
Easy solution: disable networking on the TV.
Better solution - block all outbound connectivity, make exceptions for
devices that need it.
Easier said than done.
The average Joe that walks into a
