SeoulLG’s ad unit tracks 363 million devices.
The same sets keep recording audio and saving voice input even when switched off.
Content-recognition software fingerprints on-screen audio to identify programs and ads.
New LG sets still ship with the scanning enabled by default.
How each outlet framed it
- Hacker News leans critical
- quantifies surveillance scope: TVs map networks, capture audio with screens off, enable LG ad division access to 363M US devices
Sources: Hacker News