BrikoXM to [email protected]English • 9 months agoThousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to ensure yours isn’t onearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkThousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to ensure yours isn’t onearstechnica.comBrikoXM to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoMy SO’s mom ended up connecting my smart TV to wifi while she was watching our place… TV ended up updating itself and it broke the volume control. I did a factory reset and the volume control is still broken… turns out it updated the firmware and can’t roll back. Sometimes it’s not even your own fault the device gets connected.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoGlue the ethernet port. I’ve heard you can find a manual and neuter its wireless capabilities (literally, snip-snip) sometimes as well
My SO’s mom ended up connecting my smart TV to wifi while she was watching our place… TV ended up updating itself and it broke the volume control.
I did a factory reset and the volume control is still broken… turns out it updated the firmware and can’t roll back.
Sometimes it’s not even your own fault the device gets connected.
Glue the ethernet port. I’ve heard you can find a manual and neuter its wireless capabilities (literally, snip-snip) sometimes as well