An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.
You can actually edit the link so you could in theory update the post.
Anyway, yeah. I just fully expect shit like this from tv companies. They’re not TVs, they’re surveillance boxes with a screen. They will collect any and all data they can. I stopped updating my 2018 model in about 2020 or so when it bricked itself by auto-updating to a version that required my signature on a new set of T&Cs, and if I didn’t accept the new T&C’s I couldn’t use the TV any more. No downgrading to the old version, just “accept this or don’t use your tv any more”. So that was when I cut off its internet connection and never looked back. If it ever breaks or needs to be replaced I don’t know what I’ll do really - look for some projector or computer monitor I suppose, since all tvs are like this now.
You should link the original video, not the article trying to farm the work Gamers Nexus did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
You can actually edit the link so you could in theory update the post.
Anyway, yeah. I just fully expect shit like this from tv companies. They’re not TVs, they’re surveillance boxes with a screen. They will collect any and all data they can. I stopped updating my 2018 model in about 2020 or so when it bricked itself by auto-updating to a version that required my signature on a new set of T&Cs, and if I didn’t accept the new T&C’s I couldn’t use the TV any more. No downgrading to the old version, just “accept this or don’t use your tv any more”. So that was when I cut off its internet connection and never looked back. If it ever breaks or needs to be replaced I don’t know what I’ll do really - look for some projector or computer monitor I suppose, since all tvs are like this now.