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The insane amount of requests my LG tv has sent since last Friday (europe.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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We recently blacklisted some of the IP’s that our LG tv was sending data to. I can’t believe the sheer number of requests logged in just 1 week! And what’s worse is LG is even denying it now

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[–] 25 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I can only recommend everybody that has the option for it to run adguard home as a DNS server.

It if you already have a PiHole that can do the same trick. Adguard has support for all DNS protocols and forces itself into windows and android via DoH and DoQuick.

A friend of mine maintains a list of blocklist here: https://github.com/ppfeufer/adguard-filter-list

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    I run PiHole too, but note Adguard/PiHole do not block DNS over HTTP. If these Smart TV's want to get nasty, and they already have beyond expectations, they could employ that tech or hardcore IP addresses.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    If the Smart TV uses and hardcoded http DNS server, that must be blocked directly, sure. But that scenario is very unlikely.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    They already do this. They have fallbacks, but is documented that they do this.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    There are blocklists for that also. https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists#bypass

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