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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices (www.notebookcheck.net)
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An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

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[+] -16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

from the EU and at least one other country.

EU is not a country.

Current Commission is pushing for chatcontrol so they'd probably applaud LG's practices.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    The EU is not a country, yet it does stuff that otherwise countries do, like legislating and judicating privacy laws. The correct term would have been "other political entity" but what is the point of that word picking again?

    Like any political entity the EU can do many things at once, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Different institutions also have different interests. The Commission isn't the primary driver behind chat control, a number of member states are. At the same time EU courts tend to be staunchly opposed to mass surveillance and in the European Parliament it depends on the party.

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