LG Confirms TV Network Scans, Denies 216 Million Sets Snoop Without Voice Activation
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Updated · FlatpanelsHD · Sep 11
LG Confirms TV Network Scans, Denies 216 Million Sets Snoop Without Voice Activation
3 articles · Updated · FlatpanelsHD · Sep 11
Summary
LG said its smart TVs can scan home networks and use Automatic Content Recognition, but denied they record or transmit ambient conversations unless users activate voice features.
In a public response to Gamers Nexus, LG said wake-word listening works only after users enable far-field voice recognition, with standby-mode audio processed locally and deleted if no wake word is detected.
LG also said ACR is opt-in and not used for advertising without consent, framing device discovery on the same network as a standard feature for content sharing and smart-home functions.
The company did not directly address other allegations from the exposé, including claims that transcripts were stored in plain text or that voice recordings were saved on the TVs.
The dispute follows days of scrutiny after researchers and Gamers Nexus raised broader privacy and security concerns around LG TVs, including audio capture risks and remote-code-execution flaws.