Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off
A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG sets scanning every device on a home network and capturing microphone audio with the screen off, four months after LG promised Texas regulators it had cleaned up its tracking.
What happened
A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG sets scanning every device on a home network and capturing microphone audio with the screen off, four months after LG promised Texas regulators it had cleaned up its tracking.
Why it matters
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1 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent
- DecryptPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off ↗
Claims
- Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off Reported
Conflicts
No material conflict detected in the available evidence.
Timeline
- First reported
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Score explanation
Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust65
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence35
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude82
Market relevance88
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency78
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.7345
Freshness factor0.9996
Breaking bonus0