BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agoThousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to ensure yours isn’t onearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkThousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to ensure yours isn’t onearstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHuffkinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·7 months agoStep 1: don’t give it internet access Step 2: relax
minus-squareRagnarokOnline@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 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-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoGlue the ethernet port. I’ve heard you can find a manual and neuter its wireless capabilities (literally, snip-snip) sometimes as well
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoStep 3: take over your own tv
minus-squareolicvb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoRead somewhere that TVs can and will still connect to nearby open networks on their own (I think it was a louis rossman video)
Step 1: don’t give it internet access Step 2: relax
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
Step 3: take over your own tv
Read somewhere that TVs can and will still connect to nearby open networks on their own (I think it was a louis rossman video)