[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-lg-tvs-scan-networks-and-log-audio-even-when-off":10,"sections":35},{"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":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},6174,"lg-tvs-scan-networks-and-log-audio-even-when-off","LG TVs Scan Networks and Log Audio Even When Off","A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG OLEDs scanning Wi-Fi networks and logging audio even in standby, raising fresh questions about smart TV privacy.","LG's smart TVs are watching you even when the screen is black.\n\nA new investigation from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, conducted with fellow YouTubers Level1Techs and independent security researchers, found that retail LG OLED sets, including the G5, keep logging data about owners and their homes long after you've stopped watching. Packet captures showed the TVs scanning local Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, recording audio through their built-in microphones, and using audio and video sampling to identify exactly what's playing across every input, not just LG's own apps. The researchers say this data collection continues even when the TV is offline or sitting in standby mode.\n\nThat's the part worth pausing on. Automatic content recognition on smart TVs isn't new, but it's usually framed as something tied to active use, not a background process running while the set thinks it's off. If a TV can identify content from an HDMI-connected game console or disc player, skipping the built-in apps doesn't get you out of the data collection.\n\nTreat the standby light on your LG TV as a data-collection light too, at least until there's a documented way to switch it off.","[\"lg\",\"smart-tv\",\"privacy\",\"data-tracking\"]","2026-09-08T11:30:05.000Z","2026-09-08T12:09:53.351Z","2026-09-08T12:10:05.275Z","published",null,[],"consumer-tech",[26,27,28,29],"lg","smart-tv","privacy","data-tracking",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F991190\u002Flg-tv-spying-standby-recording-wi-fi-scanning-gamers-nexus",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,46,51,56,61,65,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",3480,"2026-09-11T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":41},"Security","security",629,{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy","policy",336,"2026-09-11T00:56:21.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",153,"2026-09-09T15:12:32.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":24,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Consumer Tech",99,"2026-09-09T17:27:33.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":41},"Science","science",98,{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Software","software",75,"2026-09-10T20:41:21.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Startups","startups",55,"2026-09-09T23:14:29.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Gaming","gaming",43,"2026-09-10T12:18:06.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"General","general",41,"2026-09-08T01:57:23.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]