[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-lg-smart-tvs-reportedly-log-audio-with-screen-off":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},6147,"lg-smart-tvs-reportedly-log-audio-with-screen-off","LG Smart TVs Reportedly Log Audio With Screen Off","A single report claims some LG smart TVs keep listening and scanning nearby devices after the display goes dark, though key details remain unconfirmed.","LG smart TVs may be listening even after the screen goes black.\n\nAccording to a report circulating via Hacker News and originating from Notebookcheck, some LG smart TVs continue logging microphone audio and scanning devices on the local network even when the display is powered off. The report does not name which specific LG models are affected, nor does it identify the researcher or team who ran the tests. It also has not been independently verified by LG or by outside security researchers. As it stands, this is one report, not a confirmed pattern.\n\nThe claim lands in a context that already makes people twitchy about smart TVs. Automatic content recognition, which tracks what's on screen to build viewing profiles, has been a recurring sore point for the industry, LG included, and has drawn scrutiny before for collecting data with murky consent. A screen-off audio and network scan, if real, would be a meaningfully bigger step than passive viewing analytics.\n\nUntil the affected models are identified and someone else reproduces the findings, treat this as a lead worth watching, not a verdict. A single unverified report is not the same as evidence, and the burden is on further testing, or on LG, to settle which one this is.","[\"lg\",\"smart-tvs\",\"privacy\",\"security\"]","2026-09-07T07:03:20.000Z","2026-09-07T09:58:03.128Z","2026-09-07T09:58:15.036Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Name the original source\u002Fresearchers and specific LG TV models involved, and keep the hedging consistent — the closing line calls this 'evidence' as settled fact while the rest of the piece frames it as an unconfirmed single report.","resolved","security",[32,33,34,30],"lg","smart-tvs","privacy",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notebookcheck.net\u002FLG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html",0,{"sections":41},[42,47,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100,105],{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"AI","ai",3411,"2026-09-07T10:06:25.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":30,"count":49,"latest_published_at":18},"Security",574,{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Policy","policy",311,"2026-09-07T05:33:25.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Hardware","hardware",152,"2026-09-03T09:26:48.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",97,"2026-09-04T15:29:18.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Science","science",96,"2026-09-03T22:30:00.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Startups","startups",54,"2026-09-04T23:36:14.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"General","general",40,"2026-09-07T08:57:14.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]