[opendtv] Re: LG smart TV snooping extends to home networks, second blogger says
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:21:19 -0500
Not sure if we should be more concerned about the NSA, or Korean CE companies...
This really hits home, as we just replaced our eight year old Samsung DLP HDTV
with a 55" LG smart TV (120 Hz LCD with LED backlight). I've been waiting for
the right opportunity to talk about my experiences with this TV, especially the
smart TV features.
Guess I may need to take a second look at the permissions I set up, or shut
down the WiFi capabilities. Too bad, as thus far I have been somewhat impressed
with the "smart" capabilities.
I'll try to post some thoughts about this next week when I get home from our
family holiday retreat at Lake Blackshear, Ga. Suffice it to say that my iPad
is better suited to be the remote for the LG TV, than typing long missives to
this list.
Regards
Craig
> On Nov 30, 2013, at 1:09 AM, Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> LG smart TV snooping extends to home networks, second blogger says
> Internet-connected TVs from LG phone home with file names in shared folders.
>
> by Dan Goodin
> Nov 21 2013
> Ars Technica
>
> Smart TV from LG phones home with user's viewing habits, USB file names
>
> It's not the premise of a sci-fi novel. Internet-connected TVs are
> watching you now.
>
> A second blogger has published evidence that his LG-manufactured
> smart television is sharing sensitive user data with the Korea-based
> company in a post that offers support for the theory that the
> snooping isn't isolated behavior that affects a small number of sets.
>
> In addition to transmitting a list of shows being watched and the
> names of files contained on USB drives, the Internet-connected TV
> also sent the names of files shared on home or office networks, the
> blogger reported. He made the discovery after plugging the Wireshark
> packet-sniffing program into his home network and noticing that an LG
> TV-model number 42ls570, purchased in April-was transmitting file
> names that sounded vaguely familiar even though there was no USB
> drive plugged in.
>
> "It turns out it was pulling filenames from my shared folders over
> the network and broadcasting those instead," he wrote in a blog post
> published Thursday. "I moved all the media out of the folder and put
> a few duds in named 'GiantPorn,' turned the TV off and on and it was
> still broadcasting the old filenames. The TV couldn't see those files
> whilst browsing manually so I'd hazard a guess it's caching some of
> these locally."
>
> Within about 10 minutes, voilà. The name of the GiantPorn MPEG file
> was transmitted to 193.67.216.135, an IP address belonging to LG
> Electronics, according to Whois records.
>
> ...
>
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/lg-smart-tv-snooping-extends-to-home-networks-second-blogger-says/
>
>
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