Fix From LG Ends Involuntary SmartTV Snooping, But Privacy Questions Remain

The article reports that certain LG Smart TV models were found sending viewing habits and external media filenames to LG-owned servers — in some cases in cleartext and even when the “Collection of watching info” option was disabled. Public scrutiny led LG to push a firmware update and promise fixes, while debates continue over whether collected viewing data constitutes personal information and concerns about insecure IoT device behavior persist.