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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices (www.notebookcheck.net)
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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.

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[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I assume any device with such a capability is doing so until proven otherwise. And some internet poster saying no and relying on conjectures isn't proof. i.e. Throwing around technological illiteracy implications.

The modus operandi of tech companies is to do it. Deny doing it. If they get caught, say it wasn't that bad. If it was, it a mistake and they didn't mean it. And maybe you asked for it by using the device in the first place.

[–] bytepursuits@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

I assume any device with such a capability is doing so until proven otherwise.

I tend to agree.

Google been caught time and time again adding anti consume features and enabling by default with some obscure optout mechanism either added later or only after been caught.

At this point the burden of proof is on them.