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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking

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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking

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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Anyone who owns an LG smart TV must inform all guests and family members that they are being monitored – this is required by LG’s current terms of use. Meanwhile, LG monitors install potential malware and surveillance software on a connected Windows computer.
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    Omg you can jailbreak smart TVs now? HELL yeah

    EDIT: I am especially interested in LG webOS because I was a Palm Prē enjoyer back in the day and I rooted the fuck out of that phone (still have it somewhere)

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      Check out rootmy.tv to jailbreak your LG smart TV. Depending on the model and firmware, there could be additional steps you need to take, but in my case, since I still had the stock firmware installed, it was just a single slide of a button on the TV’s web browser.

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        on my 5+ year old TVs that didn’t work. you need a developer account, an app, and a few commands over SSH

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        I had to put malicious mp3 files on a USB for my newer C2, but my older C8 was rooted in the browser

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          malicious mp3 files on a USB

          LOL, this is hilarious, while simultaneously infuriating that the owners of hardware are required to install a Trojan Horse to uninstall the malicious software installed by the manufacturer.

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            https://github.com/throwaway96/dejavuln-autoroot#instructions

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        Thanks so much for the rootmy.tv recommendation, exactly what I need but didn’t know to look for!

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      You don’t even need to jailbreak LG ones, just enable developer mode, install webosbrew, and install things like youtube adfree and space cadet pinball

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