Parliament to seek LG help to check source of porno picture
The Parliament will seek help from LG Electronics (Thailand) to find out whose mobile phone or tablet sent a pornographic picture that was shown on the LG 65LW6500 65-inch LED-backlit TV in the assembly hall last week.
The LED-backlit TV, which is the main monitor inside the assembly hall, displayed the pornographic picture briefly last week while MPs and senators were deliberating the charter amendment bill in its second reading.
A group of senior officials of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives led a team of technicians from CAT Telecom to check and test how the TV could have received the photo over a Wi-Fi connection. Following the test, the officials agreed that House Secretary-General Pithoon Pumhiran would be well advised to seek help from LG Electronics, which could use a special tool to check its data receiving log to see which mobile phone or tablet sent the image to be displayed on the LG TV.
The test found that the LG TV is equipped with a Wi-Fi dongle and is compatible with the so-called DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), thus allowing it to receive video clips and digital photos from a mobile gadget that is DLNA-certified using the AllShare application.
The test found that a Samsung Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer which is DLNA ready, and the Samsung Galaxy Note, a smart phone which is also DLNA-compatible, could send a picture to be displayed on the LG TV without requiring any password. Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note are both equipped with the allshare application for sharing photos wirelessly.
The test also found that iPhone and iPAD could not send a photo to be displayed on LG TV directly without first approval by the TV owner.
Pithoon admitted that he only just realised that the TV could wirelessly receive photos from the allshare application without a password. He said he would consult IT experts how to set up a security system for the TV monitor.
