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LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices


https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/lg-tv-shown-capable-of-tracking-user-activity-even-when-offline/

My TiVo does this too, but, not so comprehensively. Here's some output from iftop.

192.168.1.255:2190 => 192.168.1.2:2190
224.0.0.251:5353 => 192.168.1.2:5353

The broadcast packet on port 2190 is called "TiVo Connect." That's TiVo trying to detect other TiVos on the LAN. The multicast packet on port 5353 is multicast DNS.

https://whatportis.com/ports/2190-tivoconnect-beacon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS

#spyware #perversion #privacy #surveillance #liberty #security #spying #unwarranted-investigation #recording #tracking #lg #lg-tv #scanning #lan #tivo


Dear #photographers & visual #artists running #Linux, what are your tricks for #colour -accurate #scanning photo prints on consumer-grade gear (not a film/drum scanner)?

I have 3+ #scanners, all with wildly different #color results, as you can see below. At least 2 of them can scan directly over LAN (in Simple Scan).

Ideally I'd want #colormanagement / calibration of scans, ideally with "Simple Scan" (otherwise, how do you do it with XSane?). I have a ColorMunki spectrophotometer, if it helps.

Sample scans, without retouching, from:

- A consumer-grade Brother MFP-5840
- An enterprise-grade HP MFP M477dw
- A consumer-grade HP Envy 5055

Surprisingly, the presumably crappy HP Envy scanner seems to yield results that are more neutral (less saturated, less contrasted) and much closer to reality. The histograms vary wildly from one scan to another. We cannot trust our eyes, but if you're reading this, you probably already know this.

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