# LG smart TV
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Also written as: LG smart TVs · the sets · the TV · the sets also run Automated Content Recognition (ACR) · the TV could capture · the set continued saving voice input locally

## Involved in

- [LG smart TVs can capture microphone audio with the screen off and upload data once reconnected to the internet.](https://truthscore.com/claim/35d32a34)
- [The team's recommendation was to disconnect LG sets from the internet and use external streaming devices instead.](https://truthscore.com/claim/62f51684)
- [LG smart TVs continuously sweep home networks, map secondary devices, and log microphone audio while appearing to be turned off.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7df87d2e)
- [LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices.](https://truthscore.com/claim/841f2d99)
- [Automatic Content Recognition uses audio fingerprinting via the TV’s internal audio processor to identify content and does not collect screenshots, screen…](https://truthscore.com/claim/99ea7527)
- [The data collection pool is fed into LG Ad Solutions.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9af367a7)
- [The sets gathered the names and signal strengths of neighboring Wi‑Fi networks along with location data.](https://truthscore.com/claim/adfb918d)
- [Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b2efdbdf)
- [The sets run Automated Content Recognition (ACR).](https://truthscore.com/claim/b634c397)
- [When the team disconnected the TV from Ethernet, the set continued saving voice input locally and uploaded the stored files once network access was restored.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d41347b5)
- [Wireshark packet captures showed the TVs actively scanning the local area network for unrelated hardware, including phones and smartwatches.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d57880cc)
- [During bench tests, the TV could capture clean microphone audio while the screen was powered down in standby mode.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f582fd57)