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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2026
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On Gamer's Nexus's video on the subject at 1:20 you'll hear how they talk about how LG accesses your network data through windows.
I think it's important to note that I didn't say in my original comment anything about it using your windows Internet connection to send and receive that data that it collects via microphone or that it may have accessed through your Wi-Fi network if you happened to connect it to that.
I think people assumed (it's early for me, my bad) that I meant it was transmitting this data that it collected over your windows computer's Internet connection but that wasn't what I was intending to claim. When you connect an LG device (Television or Monitor) you agree to allow that device access to your network and they literally say they have full access to your device both in the TOS and in device settings . They gather all the information of every single device connected to your TV. Their apps can "use all system resources" and "access your Internet connection".
0:47:00 of this video gives more detail about this. https://youtu.be/Q9uefFYe6bM?is=xKJNG-RT_j_2Tw1U
"Sending ACR data to advertising partners thru inputs like HDMI"
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/216-000-000-spy-tvs-the-lg-smart-tv-problem-gamersnexus-investigates.352429/