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Re:216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video] by d1sxeyes on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @05:26AM (#49623669)
I think the legal argument would be that the owner of the recording device (in this case the TV) was informed and therefore responsible for informing others.

The question I think would centre on two things: is burying the information in a ToS acceptable for “informing” and is the amount of data collection proportionate for providing the service. I think the answers to both those is no.

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Re:216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video] by Jolter on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @05:52AM (#49623858)
Yes, that is probably their reasoning.

I agree with your framing of the two problems, but I’d add a third: It is a large mistake to assume that the person installing the TV (thus agreeing to the ToS) is going to be present whenever it is being used around new people. It just assumes too much about the way people organize their lives, homes, purchases.

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