An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

  • Iammetheone@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    But the video showed him connecting a pc to the TV to do the hacking. So it means a physical connection is required to run the shell command. Soo It means I can’t get hacked right ?

    • trebor_project@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      13 hours ago

      According to the video they just needed to be on the same network not physically connected to the TV. If that was accurate…