LG's recent software update has forcibly installed Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant, on smart TVs without removal options, sparking widespread user backlash over privacy, bloatware, and loss of control. This highlights growing tensions in smart devices, where monetization often overrides user preferences.
The new problem is AI running on the TV taking the images sent to it and processing those separately from everything else, and using that to see what you’re doing and watching.
Have you been reading? Don’t connect your tv to wifi.
You’ll have to rip the networking chip out pretty soon to stop them from sniffing out and connecting to WiFi or other devices connected to the internet.
They aren’t including hardware capable of brute forcing WPA2 in a TV.
That’s only an issue if someone’s still running an open network near you.
Some tvs will attempt to connect with another and use its internet link if available. Samsung tries this.
This is exactly the point I’m making. Once a few companies effectively own the market, what’s stopping them from programming their devices to communicate with each other without user knowledge? I remember seeing some post about a reddit guy asking why his Samsung (or other smart brand) dishwasher was using several GB of bandwidth daily.
Hilarious idea: Wi-fi antenna dummy loads.
If that’s the case, then you should return the TV if you can or replace the WiFi antenna with a 50 ohm resistor.
So… next step is to cut it’s wifi antenna and fill the ethernet port with superglue? Tech is amazing /s
Open it up and desolder the networking chip. It’s the only way to be sure. Hope you’ve got a heat gun!