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By Evie Vavasseur
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What Gamers Nexus Actually Found. The investigation was specific. LG TVs aren't just passively sitting on a home network — they're…
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Texas Regulators and What Comes Next. Texas is now in an awkward spot. Regulators there accepted LG's assurances and, presumably, closed…
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LG televisions are still watching. An investigation by Gamers Nexus found that LG TVs keep scanning every device connected to a home network — and keep capturing audio through…
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That's a problem. Four months ago, LG went to Texas regulators and promised it had stopped exactly that kind of monitoring. The Gamers Nexus findings say otherwise.
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The investigation was specific. LG TVs aren't just passively sitting on a home network — they're actively scanning it. Every device connected to the same Wi-Fi gets picked up.
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That's the core finding. And it lands differently because of the timing. LG didn't just quietly have these features running in the background — the company made an active…
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Whether that's a technical failure, a policy failure, or something else entirely isn't clear yet. LG hasn't said.
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Texas is now in an awkward spot. Regulators there accepted LG's assurances and, presumably, closed or paused any action based on those assurances.
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Either way, it's probably not the end of the story in Texas. Regulators who get told something has stopped and then find out it hasn't tend to come back harder the second time.
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What form that takes — a new inquiry, a formal investigation, fines — unclear. No details from the Texas side yet.
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And it's not just Texas. Smart TV privacy has been a live issue across multiple states and at the federal level for years.
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Consumers who own LG televisions are in a frustrating position right now. They probably adjusted their privacy settings, maybe saw news coverage of LG's commitment to Texas…
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The trust problem here is real. LG sells a lot of televisions. Smart TVs are basically the default now — it's hard to buy a dumb screen anymore.
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Some of this is a broader industry problem. Smart home devices — TVs, speakers, doorbells, thermostats — have accumulated an enormous amount of ambient data collection…
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