What I did:
Physical & TV Settings (LG G4)
- Chassis Microphone: Switched the physical microphone slider on the bottom of the TV frame to OFF.
- Remote Microphone: Disabled voice interaction features and stopped using the Magic Remote microphone button.
- Network Interface: Disconnected and "forgot" the Wi-Fi network on the TV, retaining only the wired connection via the USB Ethernet adapter.
- QuickStart+: Disabled.
- Content Recommendations: Disabled.
- webOS User Agreements: Declined non-essential agreements (Viewing Information, Voice Information, Interest-Based Advertising).
MikroTik Router Configuration
- Layer 2 Bridge Separation: Removed interface
ether4from the defaultbridgeinterface. - Dedicated Gateway IP: Assigned
192.168.60.1/24to interfaceether4. Separate from my main home network. - DHCP IP Pool: Created IP pool
pool-tvwith range192.168.60.10-192.168.60.50. - Dedicated DHCP Server: Created DHCP server
dhcp-tvbound toether4. - DHCP Network Settings: Configured subnet
192.168.60.0/24with gateway192.168.60.1and DNS server my Pihole. - Interface List: Created interface list
GUEST_IOTand addedether4as a member. - Reverse Proxy Pinhole: Added firewall forward filter rule allowing TCP traffic from the TV subnet to reverse proxy on ports
80, 443so I can use my Jellyfin (it was way too slow when accessing via the public domain. - Pi-hole DNS Pinhole: Added firewall forward filter rules allowing UDP and TCP traffic from
192.168.60.0/24to Pi-hole on port53. - LAN Isolation Rule: Added firewall forward filter rule dropping all traffic from
192.168.60.0/24to192.168.50.0/24, placed below the specific allow rules. - Router Management Protection: Added firewall input filter rule dropping traffic from
ether4targeting ports80, 443, 8291, 22. - Encrypted DNS Block: Added firewall forward filter rules dropping TCP and UDP traffic on port
853(DoT / DoQ) originating from192.168.60.0/24. - Port 53 NAT Redirection: Added firewall
dst-natrules intercepting external UDP and TCP port53queries from192.168.60.0/24and redirecting them to192.168.50.155.
Pi-hole & DNS Configuration
- Blocklist: Applied HaGeZi's LG webOS Tracker blocklist to sinkhole LG telemetry and ad endpoints.
- Split-Horizon DNS Record: Added a Local DNS entry pointing
jelly.domain.comdirectly to reverse proxy IP address. - Cross-Subnet Listening: Changed Pi-hole DNS Interface Settings to "Permit all origins" to answer requests from
192.168.60.0/24.
With these applied how much more private is my LG TV usage now? I wanted to ask some opinions here.
Source: r/GamersNexus · by /u/huq_mu