It. Is. Never. Enough.

You paid hundreds of dollars for a new monitor, but it doesn’t matter. More ads, more profits.

I hate it.

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    Louis Rossmann has LG as an anti-sponsor. He calls them out for their bullshit in some of his videos.

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      Like that’s the only thing we got left people and that’s why they are making returns such a bitch now

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    Looks like it has smart functions, so same software as their TVs and you can actually just decline terms but some functions won’t be available. It’s not just one chcekbox so you can have some smart functions for some privacy. It’s one of the better solutions. Anyway without internet there cannot be any tracking or ads so as a monitor it has just fancier osd.

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        IT here, Yes, by all means involve me. I will buy a second monitor and plug it into a known box that is no business going anywhere. I will then block, at the network firewall level, any outbound traffic to anything that thing talks to. If it uses its own MAC address at the head end I will then collect and publish every connection that thing tries to make outside to a blacklist and provide it to the public.

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          Sounds way more interesting than most IT work as well. I’d definitely rather do some investigative work like this than a typical parade of password resets, email assistance, and software installations.

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            I had to ask a helpdesk for a 2fa reset once. Intrestingly, they didn’t make me identify myself except for first and last name. Not sure what point the 2FA has if it’s that easy to remove.

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              Depending on the help desk they probably knew it was you. Did you call from a phone HR knows about? If it was a walk up, did they make the ticket before or after resetting your MFA?

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                They do have the phone number on record, so I guess that’s what they did. More likely though they didn’t even check. They made no ticket either, just reset it in the course of an around 3 minute call.

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    Haha, that’s almost impressive. But no, I will not be buying an LG monitor now.

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    I’ve kept mine disconnected from the internet. I worry eventually that they will force it to be online to be used.

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      As with all these services, the “disagree” option is “stop using our devices and services” which really should be illegal when it’s tied to hardware you already bought it and the terms changed after the fact.

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        I bought an LG microwave a few months ago to replace a dead 10 year old Sharp. My favorite “features”:

        • The sticker on the door stating that by using the microwave I agree to LG’s TOS, including binding arbitration.
        • The single 4 minutes and 30 seconds of use I got out of it before the magnetron broke.

        When I returned it they customer service person asked if I wanted it serviced under warranty – hilarious. Bought a Panasonic instead.

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        I wonder how things would go if they made you agree to the terms before being allowed to purchase it.

        People bring it to the till, and then just hand it back saying nope.

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        It’s our hardware so we should be able to select another provider or host our own. Not that I consider ad tracking a “service”.

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    Wait, so the monitor has some sort of network capability?

    I assume it’s full of streaming apps or something and they just also added this fun ad junk to it.

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      Their TV does but I’m not sure how it works with monitors. Maybe it’s just hardcoded ads in their software. I don’t see how the monitor can have a network connection…

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        Ethernet over HDMI Ethernet over display port Ethernet via thunderbolt They could probably do something tricky with a driver and serial over HDMI

        I don’t know about this one but several LG monitors actually have Wi-Fi built in.

        Of course, If it was using Wi-Fi you could just not connect the Wi-Fi. But some manufacturers are getting smart and are able to use open networks to call home. You could open it up find the antenna and short it out directly to the ground plane

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      Both HDMI and DisplayPort feature USB/Ethernet data link capabilities, and obviously USB-C does as well.

      This is dependent upon the version of the cable, and all other hardware involved, but this is well within the bounds of available ad/surveillance tech.

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      Generally, we (sadly) see smart monitors come up like smart TVs did ten years ago.

      Some noteable features include streaming apps (netflix…) and wireless screen mirroring from phones.

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    I would return that shit immediately. There is absolutely no use for smart functionality in a computer monitor. I would suspect it’s a TV sold as a monitor and will have the same issues as using a TV as a monitor.

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    A monitor is an output device. It cannot transmit or operate on a network. (inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).

    If there’s any ad tracking, it would have to be in your display driver on the PC.

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      (inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).

      How about Thunderbolt? This looks like macOS, and while I’m not 100% sure if they utilize HDMI ports anymore, they certainly use Thunderbolt.

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        Does Mac OS automatically allow random connected devices outbound traffic to any?

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      Welcome back from the coma, I’m glad you made it through. We have Thunderbolt and USB-C now.

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    Some of my favourite monitors have been from LG but these days I get by just fine never buying any of their products and I will continue to do so. Eat shit, LG.

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    Returning is not enough. Boycotting is not enough. We need to be marching on the FTC and Congress with torches and pitchforks about this shit!

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      It’s hooked to a Mac, so most likely on Thunderbolt which would allow it internet access with the video feed. So it’s possible they didn’t have a choice. (This isn’t limited to Mac though)

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      Why on earth buy a “smart” monitor. It is a computer. There is a smart device attached by definition.