LG 电视即便在离线或待机状态下也会监控用户。
LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby

原始链接: https://www.theverge.com/tech/991190/lg-tv-spying-standby-recording-wi-fi-scanning-gamers-nexus

近期由《Gamers Nexus》、《Level1Techs》及安全研究人员联合展开的一项调查显示,LG 智能电视在用户往往不知情的情况下进行了大规模的数据采集。报告指出,这些设备会扫描本地 Wi-Fi 网络以识别周边硬件、记录位置信息,并利用自动内容识别(ACR)技术追踪用户观看的所有内容,无论输入源为何。 最令人担忧的发现是,LG 电视即便在待机模式下也会录制麦克风音频。如果电视处于离线状态,这些音频文件会先存储在本地,并在恢复连接后立即上传至 LG Ad Solutions。这种数据采集做法反映了行业内的普遍趋势,其他制造商也同样采用 ACR 技术来监控消费者的习惯。 在此之前,LG 显示器曾被曝出自动安装软件以推送弹窗广告并追踪设备数据,引发了相关争议。这些持续不断的隐私问题凸显了智能电视制造商激进的数据收集模式,也促使人们重新审视企业在家居环境中的监控边界。

最近的报告证实,现代智能电视(尤其是LG等品牌)即使在待机或离线状态下,也会收集大量的用户数据,包括音频录音和观看习惯。这些数据通常被用于“自动内容识别”(ACR),以建立用户画像来进行精准广告投放。 科技用户之间的讨论凸显了几个主要痛点: * **强制联网:** 许多制造商现在要求用户在初始设置时必须登录或连接Wi-Fi,否则电视将无法使用,除非用户同意数据收集条款。 * **隐私风险:** 用户越来越担心缺乏“无智能模式”,许多人呼吁立法,要求消费电子产品在无需追踪的情况下也能正常运行。 * **防御措施:** 常见的策略包括让电视保持离线、使用外部流媒体设备(如Apple TV或电脑),或通过防火墙和DNS过滤器(如Pi-hole)屏蔽遥测数据。一些用户甚至不惜拆除硬件中的Wi-Fi网卡。 舆论一致认为,这些侵犯隐私的行为是由广告定向数据的高盈利能力与硬件销售低利润之间的矛盾所驱动的,因此亟需更强有力的消费者保护措施和监管。
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原文

LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even when offline or on standby mode, according to a new report from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus. The company’s TV sets scan Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, record audio logs through their microphones, and use audio and video sampling to recognize exactly what you’re watching from across the TV inputs.

Gamers Nexus partnered with fellow YouTubers Level1Techs and independent security researchers for the investigation, which involved testing retail LG OLEDs. Packet captures showed the TVs scanning the local area network for nearby hardware like phones or smartwatches, as well as logging location data and details of nearby Wi-Fi networks, and feeding the information back to LG Ad Solutions. Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored.

The final piece of the puzzle is Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), tech that uses audio and video data to figure out what you’re actually watching, examining the apps you use through the TV’s own smart interface and the content you connect via HDMI and other ports. ACR isn’t just an LG issue though: A new video from RTINGS digs into how ACR is used by almost every smart TV manufacturer to figure out what you watch.

This isn’t LG’s first brush with Gamers Nexus. In July this year, the channel flagged that some LG monitors were automatically installing an app that collected device data and ran pop-up ads for LG’s other apps and even McAfee antivirus. The public pressure from that video prompted an intervention from Microsoft, and ultimately led to LG disabling the pop-up ads.

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