216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem

SUPPORT THE DATA DRAGNET SERIES: https://store.gamersnexus.net/data-dragnet The LG Smart TVs we've tested have first-party ACR (automatic content recognition) functionality that can pry into your personal life with greater precision than you might realize, with LG Ad Solutions' executives and leadership saying, on camera, that LG "owns the glass." Not you -- even though you bought it -- but them. They also talk about knowing everybody in the household, knowing the secondary devices, moving from TVs to smartphones and other screens, and more in their B2B discussions. Beyond just the fact that we think the TV's native behavior parallels malware, the LG Smart TVs we tested also have a number of security vulnerabilities that can be exploited to convert the TVs into covert listening devices. In this investigation, we dive into the mix of LG's first-party functionality that (in our opinions) is tantamount to spying and LG's vulnerabilities and exploits that they have failed to protect against. LG responded to GamersNexus. Here's what we have to say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToP9xfLDSME Learn about the special backer tiers with bonus videos and digital content: https://store.gamersnexus.net/data-dragnet Or grab our new documentary and investigation disc packs! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-factory-tours-and-special-reports-blu-ray-discs-4k-case Grab our backing music pack here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/cyberdystopia-music-audio-cd-w-3d-printed-case-by-aaron-pauley And our brand new Cyberpunk Skeleton foil T-shirt: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-wireframe-polygon-shard-foil-cotton-t-shirt-86caz Or our Polygon Shard V2 shirt: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-wireframe-polygon-shard-foil-cotton-t-shirt And our Microslop glassware: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/microslop-lifes-geotagged-parody-glassware-gold-rim WITH THANKS TO: Cybersecurity researcher MrBruh: https://ko-fi.com/mrbruhh Cybersecurity researcher uturn: https://ko-fi.com/uturn WENDELL of Level1 Techs: https://www.youtube.com/c/Level1Techs Find Wendell's guide to take ownership of your TV here (more to come!): https://forum.level1techs.com/t/lg-tv-block-mini-how-to/255178 FULU: https://www.fulu.org/ Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - LG's SPY TVs 00:05:10 - The Bunker of Secrets 00:07:10 - WE NEED YOUR HELP 00:10:06 - Vulnerabilities and Experts 00:13:19 - ACR: WE OWN THE GLASS 00:16:33 - Intercepting LG's Data Transfer 00:22:04 - Dark Patterns 00:26:08 - TLDR and Dumb Monitors 00:34:16 - HACKING THE TV 00:46:19 - Plain Text Transcript and Ambient Conversation 00:55:19 - Recording Playback Audio 00:58:42 - Residential Proxies and UPnP 01:02:46 - DRACONIAN AGREEMENTS 01:13:53 - LG AD SOLUTIONS and Alphonso 01:21:15 - Microsoft's Shady Connections and LG Response 01:28:23 - LOUIS ROSSMANN and Forced Arbitration 01:34:16 - HIPAA and Surgeon Discussion 01:38:33 - DMCA Section 1201 and Criminality 01:45:42 - CONCLUSION with Wendell and Recap 02:11:52 - What's Next and Supporting Us ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements