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LG denies investigation claims that 216,000,000 smart TVs record ambient audio in standby
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Gamers Nexus published an investigation claiming LG smart TVs record audio in standby and constantly log data, which LG denied while confirming network scanning and stating ACR is opt-in.
Smart TV firmware behavior is under renewed scrutiny, and the specific claims about ambient audio recording and plain text transcript storage remain unaddressed by LG. Engineers building IoT devices should recognize that network scanning, on-device wake word processing, and data retention practices are now user-facing trust issues subject to public investigation.
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Gamers Nexus, with security researchers MrBruh and utern, claims LG TVs record audio in standby, scan local networks for devices, and store data offline for later retrieval.
LG denies ambient recording, stating voice data is only processed when the voice button is pressed or the 'Hi LG' wake word is recognized after user activation of Far-Field voice recognition.
LG confirmed network scanning as standard smart TV behavior and said ACR is opt-in, but did not address claims about plain text transcript storage.
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