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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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Same! I jailbroke mine and can watch YouTube and Twitch ad-free, and it's got Jellyfin on the homebrew channel, so I can access my server off my TV :)
Omg you can jailbreak smart TVs now? HELL yeah
EDIT: I am especially interested in LG webOS because I was a Palm Prē enjoyer back in the day and I rooted the fuck out of that phone (still have it somewhere)
Check out rootmy.tv to jailbreak your LG smart TV. Depending on the model and firmware, there could be additional steps you need to take, but in my case, since I still had the stock firmware installed, it was just a single slide of a button on the TV's web browser.
I had to put malicious mp3 files on a USB for my newer C2, but my older C8 was rooted in the browser
LOL, this is hilarious, while simultaneously infuriating that the owners of hardware are required to install a Trojan Horse to uninstall the malicious software installed by the manufacturer.
https://github.com/throwaway96/dejavuln-autoroot#instructions
That phone was the coolest thing, it's such a shame how it died. I've still got mine lol, I can get it to boot and play that one flight sim game you could buy on the app store.
That's awesome. Mine is 42" and I'm using it as my monitor for my desktop. I had no idea you could jailbreak TVs now, what a time to be alive. I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi 5 and I'm planning on using it to replace my stupid Chromecast on my living room TV. As long as the Pi can stream from my Jellyfin server and watch YouTube then that's all I need.
There's a website called rootmy.tv that can help you find or execute roots right off the TV's web browser. When I bought the TV, I hadn't connected it to the Internet a single time, so it still had the stock firmware. I could just type in the URL and click a single button - that's it. Depending on the firmware, model and brand, this could look different for you. Also I'm not sure if this only works for LG TVs - might have to do some research to find a suitable method for yours.
That also sounds very practical. I'd love to get into Pis sometime, but the RAM fiasco is making them quite expensive for my current budget, sadly.