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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by polotics on Monday September 07, 2026 @05:35AM (#49596140)
how do you know it is for ads? how do you know it will always be only for ads if it now is?
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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by jiaosdjf on Monday September 07, 2026 @05:42AM (#49596206)
Why not both?

Mossad would love to know who to de-bank for criticising Israel, United Health Care would love to know who to deny coverage to based on remarks about their back pain.

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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by xyzelement on Monday September 07, 2026 @07:12AM (#49596882)
// Mossad would love to know who to de-bank for criticising Israel

"Criticizing Israel" has moved from edgy subversive to lamely pedestrian in the last few years.

There's no great secret that Mossad needs to unearth by spying on you watching tv.

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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by HDBaseT on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @08:01PM (#49636376)
+$7,000
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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by sixeyes on Monday September 07, 2026 @05:54AM (#49596287)
that's the fear, but it would be reasonable to say that ads are what has gotten us to this point
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