Hacker News: bob029https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bob029Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:50:18 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by bob029 in "LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'"]]>This developer did actually find screenshots on their TV of everything displayed on their screen, even when they set every available option that's supposed to stop ACR:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LGOLED/s/x8iBNCPya5

]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:13:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49679964bob029https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49679964https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49679964<![CDATA[New comment by bob029 in "LG Says We're Fake News [video]"]]>They're not doing it with consent. LG still covertly takes screenshots of everything you display on your screen even when you set every available option that's supposed to stop this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LGOLED/s/x8iBNCPya5

And there are cases of LG re-enabling these ACR options without your consent when they push firmware updates, and even randomly without updating, at which point the TV will send all the past and present ACR data it's harvested from you to LG, without your consent:

https://www.reddit.com/r/webos/s/Vn0jFhKsXO

https://www.reddit.com/r/LGOLED/s/wRFMmQHXHG

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