cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71045682
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.
Have you looked at an electronics store recently?
It’s “oops, all bugs!”
AFAIK you can’t even get a dumb Sceptre (which for several years were the last holdout) anymore!
https://www.samsung.com/us/business/commercial-tvs/all-commercial-tvs/
I bought one recently (a non-smart commercial display) and I’ve been loving it.
Gamers nexus showed commercial displays also record audio.
They want data. Data is part of the business plan of making displays.
Let me know when I can get one at a place like Best Buy, Microcenter, or Costco.
Bought mine off eBay.
I buy nonsmart video projectors. These might be in short supply lately. I don’t buy bugs though.