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Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by kall on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:50AM (#29340537)
This is all horrific, but I was especially shocked by 6 so I read that. This seems to be only someone asking if this may happen, and no one answering that it would.

Of course this is the point of Amazon Sidewalk, so in due time, it probably will.

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Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by imglorp on Thursday November 25, 2021 @08:36AM (#29341243)
Okay, I found a better link. Here's a sighting in action: https://web.archive.org/web/20210830002600/https://forum.dev...

Also two other observations. First, there is means: unsecured and public groups like xfinity, sidewalk, fios via some business deal maybe. Also in the means column is a full linux machine, totally possible (not saying it's happening but possible) to run Kismet all day in the background to look for auth. There's all kinds of pocket doodads at Defcon doing this. Second is motive: your data as revenue is the these things are getting so cheap. Why would they leave free cash on the table?

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Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by snvzz on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:39AM (#29340834)
I would expect a friendly nearby neighbor's TV which has network to be able to act as access point for other TVs surveillance facilities.

They can technically do it, and I totally expect them to be doing it already.

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Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by everybodyknows on Thursday November 25, 2021 @08:36AM (#29341240)
Neighbor's TV, neighbor's Amazon Echo or Ring doorbell:

https://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalk

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Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by lvass on Thursday November 25, 2021 @08:35AM (#29341234)
The cheapest TV models mention access point as a feature nowadays, they're targeted to hotel rooms.
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