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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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Stuff like this is why I'm still holding on to my old TV for dear life. It's seen better days but it's at least easily repairable.
The amp went bad which causes the internal speakers to give up after a couple of minutes, so I just run it with a soundbar. Then one of the cats broke the optical port for it, so now it's taped on lol. The panel still works great, so I think I'll just replace the main board on it to keep it going for a few more years.
Once something on it finally goes where repairing it becomes unviable, then I've no idea where to go from there. I guess I'll just keep buying used TVs and fix them up.
As people say in these threads everytime, just don't give your tv Internet access.
Seems smart to avoid LG as well.
It's still listening and recording. The recent Gamers Nexus video shows that the just store everything locally until they find a way to send it. They're always scanning the radio for other access points too.
My Visio TV developed a thing where the OSD menus freeze up and the controls unresponsive frequently - it's not connected to WiFi. Its my opinion that some internal drive is filled up with my watch data that a factory reset cannot fix, and I suspect the lack of disk space is why it's freezing. I can't* prove this, but I suspect it to be.
*I might possibly have the skills to, but my time is devoted to other tasks, and I don't want to deprive my household of the living room TV just because I want to tear it apart.
go one step further and open it up and unplug the wifi antennas, just to curtail it even further.
Yeah, it's a fair point. It's also because newer TVs are generally less repairable as well, but I didn't get the message across very well.
I do tv repair. They are dead east to repair. Its basically a large laptop. You have a system board, power board, and depending the brand a few other smaller boards that are easy to swap. Getting the parts is not incredibly difficult, but it depend how new, how old, Eric. EBay is key. But, like any tv, of its the screen, it's trash. Typically costs more to replace that then buy new.
You know you can use a new to without connecting it to the internet.