LG accused of 'egregious invasion of privacy' over TV data collection

LG is once again fending off allegations that its expensive consumer hardware gathers extensive information about users and their surroundings for the benefit of its advertising business. The latest concerns center on smart TVs that researchers claim continued capturing audio after voice recognition was activated, including while the display was in standby. The claims once again come from the folks behind the Gamers Nexus YouTube channel, which also claimed in July that LG's monitors were surrep