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216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem
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The LG Smart TVs we've tested have first-party ACR (automatic content recognition) functionality that can pry into your personal life with greater precision than you might realize, with LG Ad Solutions' executives and leadership saying, on camera, that LG "owns the glass." Not you -- even though you bought it -- but them. They also talk about knowing everybody in the household, knowing the secondary devices, moving from TVs to smartphones and other screens, and more in their B2B discussions. Beyond just the fact that we think the TV's native behavior parallels malware, the LG Smart TVs we tested also have a number of security vulnerabilities that can be exploited to convert the TVs into covert listening devices. In this investigation, we dive into the mix of LG's first-party functionality that (in our opinions) is tantamount to spying and LG's vulnerabilities and exploits that they have failed to protect against.
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WITH THANKS TO:
Cybersecurity researcher MrBruh: https://ko-fi.com/mrbruhh
Cybersecurity researcher uturn: https://ko-fi.com/uturn
WENDELL of Level1 Techs: https://www.youtube.com/c/Level1Techs
Find Wendell's guide to take ownership of your TV here (more to come!): https://forum.level1techs.com/t/lg-tv-block-mini-how-to/255178
FULU: https://www.fulu.org/
Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - LG's SPY TVs
00:05:10 - The Bunker of Secrets
00:07:10 - WE NEED YOUR HELP
00:10:06 - Vulnerabilities and Experts
00:13:19 - ACR: WE OWN THE GLASS
00:16:33 - Intercepting LG's Data Transfer
00:22:04 - Dark Patterns
00:26:08 - TLDR and Dumb Monitors
00:34:16 - HACKING THE TV
00:46:19 - Plain Text Transcript and Ambient Conversation
00:55:19 - Recording Playback Audio
00:58:42 - Residential Proxies and UPnP
01:02:46 - DRACONIAN AGREEMENTS
01:13:53 - LG AD SOLUTIONS and Alphonso
01:21:15 - Microsoft's Shady Connections and LG Response
01:28:23 - LOUIS ROSSMANN and Forced Arbitration
01:34:16 - HIPAA and Surgeon Discussion
01:38:33 - DMCA Section 1201 and Criminality
01:45:42 - CONCLUSION with Wendell and Recap
02:11:52 - What's Next and Supporting Us
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