LG Smart TVs logging USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers

 

Earlier this month I discovered that my new LG Smart TV was displaying ads on the Smart landing screen.

 

After some investigation, I found a rather creepy corporate video advertising their data collection practices to potential advertisers. It’s quite long but a sample of their claims are as follows:

In fact, there is an option in the system settings called “Collection of watching info:” which is set ON by default.  This setting requires the user to scroll down to see it and, unlike most other settings, contains no “balloon help” to describe what it does.

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