Your LG SmartTV Is Spying On You : Logs Whatever You Watch Including Content From USB Drives To Remote Server - Advanced Tech Tips Blog

Your LG SmartTV Is Spying On You : Logs Whatever You Watch Including Content From USB Drives To Remote Server

Posted: 22 Nov 2013 05:07 AM PST

Your privacy is at great risk in this era of Internet of things, after revelation of spying backdoor's in Internet routers and Chinese Electric Goods we now have another revelation of spying by LG SmartTV's. Findings made by developer @DoctorBeet revealed how LG is spying on users watching habits including logging of file-names watched by users from there external USB disk drivers as shown below to remote servers. The communication is clearly sending out "unique device ID" (which could be traced back to you) along with the information about what is being watched and too completely unencrypted.