The real trick is to never connect your TV to the internet under any circumstances. These things are displays, they don't need the internet to do their job. Leave that to the game consoles and streaming boxes.

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m463 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I worry about the new cellular standards that support large scale iot.

Search for 5g miot or 5g massive iot or maybe even 5g redcap

	▲	aerostable_slug 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Existing LTE is fine. If they wanted to embed modems in the TVs they could do it now. I'm guessing they simply don't have to, simply because a huge number of consumers will dutifully hand over their Wi-Fi passwords.
	▲	johnea 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		This is exactly the situation we're in with new automobiles...
	▲	sailfast 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		While this is certainly possible, I’d imagine this sort of thing would be found quite quickly and would result in a massive lawsuit if not disclosed on the package.

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spike021 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's going to happen on any device. It's a software thing. If LG isn't doing it, it's Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. My PS5 basically shows ads on some system ui screens (granted mostly for "game" content but it still counts).