What worries me is that soon we won't be able to monitor this anymore because these devices won't be dependent on a customer-supplied internet connection anymore. Instead, they'll all have cellular connectivity and we'll have no idea what is being sent, to whom and why.<p>And I fear that there will be no device manufacturers in the same price range left that don't include this feature. Similar to how Smart TV's are cheaper than dumb displays of identical specs.
At one point, Samsung had a press release telling consumers not to talk about confidential things near the TV. <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/theweek.com/speedreads-amp/538379/samsung-warns-customers-not-discuss-personal-information-front-smart-tvs" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/theweek.com/speedreads-amp/5383...</a><p>Maybe LG needs the audio to sell to advertising. They would have data not collected in the entertainment room.
This sucks.<p>Why connect random ownable devices to your network, especially for the low low benefit of <checks notes> ... knowing when the clothes' drier is done ?!?<p>Connected firmware updatable white goods allow appliance manufacturers to do even less QA because they can always fix it later, which wasn't possible before. If you're the paranoid who won't connect random crap to the net, this is bad news, as you'll get lower quality appliances.
After following a few links through this one. It sounds like it might be the "LG Homehack vulnerability" discussed here:<p><a href="https://www.ibtimes.com/homehack-attack-vulnerability-lg-app-allowed-hackers-spy-victims-2607390" rel="nofollow">https://www.ibtimes.com/homehack-attack-vulnerability-lg-app...</a>
We have a treadmill, bought from Costco, with an android screen and controls.<p>I found out that it was constantly pinging a Chinese site/portal don’t remember the name. It’s not one of the known famous ones.<p>I had to disconnect it from Internet..