LG responds to TV spying allegations

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LG-B4-Press-Image-3.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991190/lg-tv-spying-standby-recording-wi-fi-scanning-gamers-nexus">alarming findings</a> about how LG's TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is pushing back against those allegations, saying that "Some recent media coverage may have contributed to misconceptions about how LG smart TVs work."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">LG <a href="https://www.lg.com/global/newsroom/news/statements/statement-understanding-privacy-on-lg-smart-tvs/">released a statement</a> in which it claims that its "TVs do not continuously record or transmit users' conversations," and that wake-word detection is all processed locally. However, the word "continuously" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here as Gamers Nexus demonstrated an LG TV keeping extensive l …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/994333/lg-responds-to-tv-spying-allegations">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>