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LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I see a lot of concern in this thread that future TVs would just peer-to-peer or cellular connect to do their dastardly functions. Wouldn't this be preventable by putting a fine wire mesh around the box on the rear of the panel? Sure, the signal could still go out through the panel, but that's bound to incur a lot of interference from the panel itself, right?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The simplest solution is just don’t buy these TVs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

At this point, I'm wondering if I should set up a shell company of some kind, just to buy commercial digital signage TVs. They require registering with a company just to be allowed to buy them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That’s increasingly difficult to do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Or expensive.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Chances are they'll have some antenna line going to the edge of the TV. The box on the back of the TV already has a bunch of shielding over it inside. If you were to go to the trouble of opening the TV to find it, you may as well disconnect the antenna and ground it so there's no chance of a signal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I have a Kurig coffee maker (too little respect to spellcheck their name). It puts out a BLE beacon that I can receve a mile away. Its hard to know what that bugger is doing. G-force was right!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

it's looking for other keurigs to mate with, like a barnacle

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Hopefully the TVs don't won't require that connection to operate.