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Re:LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby by dogcow on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:02PM (#49613102)
That's not really sufficient. It could still phone home if it falls back to IP addresses. You should be blocking it at the firewall level, not just with DNS.

But me personally, I wouldn't ever connect any of these devices to my network.

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Re:LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby by Nas808 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @03:04PM (#49615138)
Some of these devices also now use DoH to bypass any DNS-level filtering.
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Re:LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby by krtkush on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:11PM (#49614281)
The only reason it is on my network is that I need it for home automation (via home bridge). I'll have to see what else I can do.
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Re:LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby by chorizo on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:58PM (#49615044)
Firewall rule that prevents the tv from accessing the internet (by mac address if using dhcp, or set a static ip for the tv). Or stick it in separate quarantined IoT subnet with your devices.
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