Your LG television is spying on you
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
It's OK, because it sends your data to the Korean government, and they can't do anything with it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob Philpott wrote:
sending the information back to LG
How?
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Just don't connect it to the internet, or, configure your router to not allow out-going connections to LG. You can use fiddler to find the ip to block.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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It's OK, because it sends your data to the Korean government, and they can't do anything with it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
It's OK, because it sends your data to the Korean government
Um. North? South? Or both? Because one of them I'd be worried about! :laugh:
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Well it's a little scumbaggy but why is corporate use worse than government use? They're just corporations, what are they going to do, at worst? Make some money? Governments can make you disappear. </tinfoilhat>
Um. In the early 90's Pepsi had the 7th biggest fleet of submarines in the world: 17 of the buggers... (The whole Pepsi Navy was 10 commercial ships, 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate and a destroyer. In theory, these were scrapped, but...you've heard of the Cola Wars? :laugh: )
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Why would targeted advertising bother people? Do you want to see ads for stuff that doesn't interest you?
Did you get rid of that foil hat? (Just didn't expect that reaction from you :laugh: :laugh: )
Veni, vidi, caecus
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
All the more reason to stick to something like XBMC :-D
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
So the government spying on you is cool but not a company that makes electronics?
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
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That I think is one step too far
If you aren't doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Nice sweater by the way. It looks good on you.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
RyanDev wrote:
If you aren't doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about.
My usual response to that is, "So, you won't mind if the police show up without a warrant and start rummaging through your closets, inspecting your sock drawer and making copies of your computer hard drives. I mean, if you aren't doing anything wrong...."
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So the government spying on you is cool but not a company that makes electronics?
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
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Did you get rid of that foil hat? (Just didn't expect that reaction from you :laugh: :laugh: )
Veni, vidi, caecus
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The government is spying on you because they want to control you. The companies are spying on you because they'd rather show a middle aged man a beer commercial featuring the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than an ad for Midol.
Right, which is why I'm asking the OP why he is so mad about beer ads...
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
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RyanDev wrote:
If you aren't doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about.
My usual response to that is, "So, you won't mind if the police show up without a warrant and start rummaging through your closets, inspecting your sock drawer and making copies of your computer hard drives. I mean, if you aren't doing anything wrong...."
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RyanDev wrote:
If you aren't doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about.
My usual response to that is, "So, you won't mind if the police show up without a warrant and start rummaging through your closets, inspecting your sock drawer and making copies of your computer hard drives. I mean, if you aren't doing anything wrong...."
If the executives at LG had the power to invade my home and look in my sock drawer I'd be worried about the spying. As it stands now, if I catch an executive of LG looking through my sock drawer I could probably get away with shooting him. However, the police have a long history of violating basic civil rights - so no sock drawer for them.
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I seem to be in a minority not caring about governments spying on me, but I read in the paper this morning that somebody had worked out that his LG television was recording his viewing habits and sending the information back to LG - seemingly for targeting advertising. So, when you change channel that gets logged allegedly. This does concern me - as we enter an age where everything is connected and getting smarter devices are feeding back your habits for corporate use. Your phone does it, supermarkets do it and now your TV does it. That I think is one step too far...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
I'm sure that sort of thing goes on all the time. I just get my revenge by prancing about naked in front of the built in web cam. I figure the medical expenses they incur for traumatized employees should make us even.
Christopher Duncan Author of Unite the Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers Have Fun, Get Paid: How to Make a Living with Your Creativity The Career Programmer
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So the government spying on you is cool but not a company that makes electronics?
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
Damn right. Who do you think has the real power? :-D
Christopher Duncan Author of Unite the Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers Have Fun, Get Paid: How to Make a Living with Your Creativity The Career Programmer
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Just don't connect it to the internet, or, configure your router to not allow out-going connections to LG. You can use fiddler to find the ip to block.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
don't connect it to the internet
Mine isn't. And the cable is connected through an ancient VCR; the TV stays set to channel 4. :cool:
