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New comment by tombardier in "LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'"

tombardier — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:45:08 +0000

I for one completely believe them. That's why I rooted my C5, disabled all telemetry, and disabled Internet access entirely by default from an isolated vlan on my network that has no access to anything on any other network. I'm tempted to remove the WiFi/BT board if it's an add-on card, and probably unplug the microphones as well. I only need it as a display for my PC and 4K disc player.

New comment by tombardier in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

tombardier — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:17:33 +0000

Yeah it's not actually intentional; I have sunk a lot of time into trying to stop it happening. The firmware on my motherboard sucks; I couldn't even suspend it before the last bios update. Relatively new board.

New comment by tombardier in "LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices"

tombardier — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:21:12 +0000

Oh wow; I'm definitely doing to look into this, thanks!

New comment by tombardier in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

tombardier — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:33:11 +0000

My LG C5 is in a separate VLAN, with no access to the rest of my home network. I've never accepted the terms and conditions, and I don't need anything from it other than to be a display for my 4k player and PC. I guess now I'm going to remove Internet access from it altogether!

The thing I'd like is if the remote didn't have 4 buttons for crappy streaming services I will never use, but instead had 4 buttons to select the HDMI inputs directly; but no, I have to press a button, wait for the stupid laggy UI to load, navigate or point and click at input I want, then do the same to the preview window. A tedious pain in arse for basically the one main thing I use the remote for. It annoys me no end, and it seems to me that the last thing LG care about is the UX; they've put all their efforts into underhand and user-hostile profiling.

I also have a Roku Ultra for streaming, which I very rarely use. I don't expect they treat their users any better and they use ACR too

New comment by tombardier in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

tombardier — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:02:48 +0000

WoWLAN is a thing. On my motherboard it works so well that it wakes up whenever my phone, laptop or steam deck connect to the WiFi, not just when I actually send the magic packets!

New comment by tombardier in "Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS"

tombardier — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:46:12 +0000

Still works on my up to date pixel 9 xl. I haven't enabled NFC payments though

New comment by tombardier in "The case against a C alternative (2022)"

tombardier — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:33:30 +0000

https://spawn-queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3212477.3212479

New comment by tombardier in "Dark patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn"

tombardier — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:40:46 +0000

All is clear; I enjoyed that bit :)