Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar's mic if the TV doesn't have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.
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Yes, for lg at least
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(Formatted for adguard)
This blocks lg ad servers, telemetry, software updates. If you have an lg tv and connect it to the internet though you should also root it and install the package that blocks telemetry services on the tv as well. Or just don’t connect your tv to the internet