[HN Gopher] Show HN: RootMy.TV ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: RootMy.TV Author : Retr0id Score : 68 points Date : 2022-01-14 18:53 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (rootmy.tv) (TXT) w3m dump (rootmy.tv) | johnnyApplePRNG wrote: | Can any website gain root access to your television simply by | visiting/drive by download? | _jal wrote: | https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io#mitigation-no... | k4rli wrote: | Unfortunately no longer works on latest webOS releases. | hardenedmetapod wrote: | This was just updated when it was posted 3 hours ago. Pretty | much any TV and OS can be exploited. Even up to date. | jonatron wrote: | I'm still using an ancient netcast based LG TV, which it's also | possible to root with a few different methods. AFAIK there's no | public information on how to do it, maybe I'll see about making | it public too. | f1refly wrote: | I just got my hand on an early 2021 WebOS tv, very excited to try | this tomorrow! I think it's a tragedy we can't even fully own tvs | anymore without dirty tricks. | hardenedmetapod wrote: | Happy to have helped test this release. Bought a 43" just to mess | with all of this on. Has been a fantastic experience. Devs are | great and it has been fun seeing what all I can run. | milkytron wrote: | This is great, and makes me regret switching to Rokus. When I had | an AndroidTV and could root, so much capability was unlocked, I | really miss it. | | I also loved WebOS since it's mobile days, will definitely | consider getting an LG WebOS TV as my next. | jonny_eh wrote: | > When I had an AndroidTV and could root | | I haven't rooted my Sony Android TV since it already lets me | install apks and emulators. | candiddevmike wrote: | I have a TCL Roku TV and would love to convert it to a dumb | input selector. Not sure how you could flash the OS of it but | I'd gladly contribute money or code to make it happen. | jrm4 wrote: | I'm with you on this. But just to be sure.. | | They do have a button. It's on the bottom direct center, tiny | and slightly further back than you would expect. Press it and | you can cycle through your inputs, and turn it off. | | You may have already known this -- but it's pretty clear that | they're not interested in making this a popularly known | thing. Or I'm just the idiot :) | xnx wrote: | How would a dumb input selector be different than removing | the wifi password from the TV? (asking because I have a TCL | Roku TV myself) | yjftsjthsd-h wrote: | Aw, darn; I was hoping for a generic wiki of TVs and how to root | them and (in my dream world) alternative firmware options. Not | that rooting webOS isn't cool, just not what I expected based on | the domain. | [deleted] | kkarpkkarp wrote: | exactly the same here :) | mnd999 wrote: | Me too. Anyone know how to root an old Panasonic plasma? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-14 23:00 UTC)