LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by mohsen1 on Monday September 07, 2026 @06:12AM (#49596406)

I absolutely loathe my LG smart TV. Just switching to another input requires 3 button press.

I hope someone uses their free time to hack the OS and offer a clean and simple interface to make it a “dumb” TV.

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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by givinguflac on Monday September 07, 2026 @07:37AM (#49597108)

I’m unaware of any projects trying to make a dumb tv, but I like the idea. You can start with rootmy.tv and research from there.

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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by appcustodian2 on Monday September 07, 2026 @06:17AM (#49596449)

You're not wrong, but you could ask your favorite LLM to interact with the LG API's to switch the input for you. At least for my case, it was ~10 minutes of work to develop a small tray app that looks for a specific USB device and switches the TV input if it gets inserted. I don't really even touch the remote anymore

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