LG’s smart TV privacy woes continue as Portugal’s Citizen Voice asks the court to investigate. Are smart TVs too keen to gather data?

  • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Point of clarification – this thread is about an LG lawsuit.

    Samsung is allegedly doing similar heinous shit, so I get why the company and its execs would come to mind.

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      20 hours ago

      In my defence, I had put them in the same bucket in my brain.

      Although I tend to put all of them in the same bucket given enough time, including the company I am working for…
      My simple response to a net connected device is to drop them a mail asking whether the appliance will work its whole life without requiring an internet connected activation and if I have either no response, or some “we care for customer” bs, then I just don’t buy.
      The underside of a rock sometimes feels much better.