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How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - RAMd®d - 07-06-2025
How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you.
Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior.
WTF?!
Smart TVs from LG and Samsung are increasingly being used as monitors for Mac and PC, given that they are generally cheaper than an OLED display. The trade-off that you get for an inexpensive TV is adware. To accomplish this goal, they can capture screenshots of everything on screen, and sell it to just about anybody who asks, or they use that data themselves for targeted home screen advertising.
This isn't a giant problem when you're watching television. But when you're working on your Mac on a television, that capture can include sensitive documents, emails, private work, and everything else that happens on your computer.
Here's what you need to know, and how to turn it off on a LG or Samsung OLED display.
More at: https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac/tips/how-to-stop-your-lg-or-samsung-smart-tv-from-tracking-you
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - Cary - 07-06-2025
So where are the directions? Or a link?
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - RAMd®d - 07-06-2025
Here's what you need to know, and how to turn it off on a LG or Samsung OLED display.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac/tips/how-to-stop-your-lg-or-samsung-smart-tv-from-tracking-you
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - Rolando - 07-06-2025
(Yesterday, 01:15 AM)RAMd®d Wrote: Here's what you need to know, and how to turn it off on a LG or Samsung OLED display.
More at: https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac/tips...acking-you
That gets me a 404.
Found it:
https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac/tips/how-to-stop-your-lg-or-samsung-smart-tv-from-tracking-you
But how would a monitor phone home if it's only connected via HDMI?
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - rgG - 07-06-2025
I hope they like gardening shows, from my TV.
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - Garaboncias - 07-06-2025
Quick and easy solution:
Never connect it to WiFi or Ethernet.
Use a Roku or AppleTV with it.
(I have Rokus on my TVs, including my "Amazon TV.")
Roku only tracks what you watch on the Roku.
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - RAMd®d - 07-06-2025
That gets me a 404. .
Oops.
Sorry, I did't copy it correctly from my first post.
Glad you found it.
I have no idea about the HDMI question.
(Yesterday, 02:47 AM)Garaboncias Wrote: Quick and easy solution:
Never connect it to WiFi or Ethernet.
Use a Roku or AppleTV with it.
(I have Rokus on my TVs, including my "Amazon TV.")
Roku only tracks what you watch on the Roku.
They article covered the ups and downs of that.
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - PeterB - 07-06-2025
Unfortunately, I'm not sure Roku only tracks what you watch on the Roku...
Here's how to turn off ACR on different TV sets:
https://9meters.com/technology/tv/how-to-disable-automatic-content-recognition-acr-on-your-tv#:~:text=For%20Roku%20TVs%2C%20press%20the,and%20“Enable%20ACR”%20options.
... it's not really feasible to completely disconnect the smart TV from the internet, if you want to use all the TV's features.
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - Cary - 07-06-2025
Thanks!
RE: How to stop your LG or Samsung smart TV from tracking you - special - 07-06-2025
Be careful with overblocking
Blocking too many domains can interfere with your TV's basic functions. For example, blocking update servers can prevent firmware updates, which may carry important security fixes.
Nope, if you block everything, there is no risk a security flaw. How will hackers get into my TV if the TV does not have any kind of internet access?