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This is a known feature that is not hidden which is not automatically turned on by default.

You must set your TV to a different standby mode and enable LG voice control.

When you do this, it very plainly tells you that it can listen with the screen off so you can control the TV with voice.

Failure of User Awareness, not some nefarious spyware.



No, you're not up to date with the latest news. There's a separate feature that records you all the time, transcribes it to text and uses it to select ads for you


Do you have a source for this claim?


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That is exactly what I am claiming is false. Later LG even came out with their own statement saying basically the same thing I did.

What is this separate feature you claim that is not the same as the one I refer to?




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