216M Spy TVs: New Documentary Exposes the LG Smart TV Data Collection Problem
treve · hn · 2026-09-07
A Hacker News discussion links to a YouTube documentary on the LG smart TV privacy problem, covering how an estimated 216M LG smart TVs collect viewing behavior data, the tracking settings users struggle to disable, and the broader industry issue of connected TVs acting as surveillance devices.
More from Safety
- Security tip: use AI agents to build a NIST CSF knowledge base for incident response — prasanna_says · 2026-10-26
- Fangcun AI, China's first independent frontier AI safety lab, launches with DeepSeek eval report — JacquesThibs · 2026-10-26
- ESR on the Bugpocalypse: locking down frontier models only hands the game to Chinese open weights — colinmcnamara · 2026-10-26
- OpenCode breach exposed AI API keys of 1.4% of Console users — thione · 2026-10-26
- DHS orders DeepSeek products removed from US civilian agency systems — thione · 2026-10-26
- One hacker breached 100+ company websites using AI, scope unknown — thione · 2026-10-26