LG responds to TV spying allegations

LG 回应电视监控指控

Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is pushing back against those allegations, saying that “Some recent media coverage may have contributed to misconceptions about how LG smart TVs work.”

本周早些时候，Gamers Nexus、Level1Techs 以及独立安全研究人员详细披露了一些令人担忧的发现，指出 LG 电视正在记录并上传用户数据。目前，LG 公司正针对这些指控进行反驳，称“近期的一些媒体报道可能导致了对 LG 智能电视工作原理的误解。”

LG released a statement in which it claims that its “TVs do not continuously record or transmit users’ conversations,” and that wake-word detection is all processed locally. However, the word “continuously” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here as Gamers Nexus demonstrated an LG TV keeping extensive logs of ambient conversations long after one would assume its AI assistant had stopped listening.

LG 发布了一份声明，声称其“电视不会持续录制或传输用户的对话”，并且唤醒词检测均在本地处理。然而，“持续”这个词在这里显得有些避重就轻，因为 Gamers Nexus 已经证实，即便在人们认为 AI 助手已经停止监听很久之后，LG 电视仍在对环境对话进行大量的日志记录。

LG also said that its features like “Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), voice recognition, and interest-based advertising are optional,” and “not enabled by default.” The company says that:

LG 还表示，其“自动内容识别 (ACR)、语音识别和基于兴趣的广告”等功能均为可选，且“默认情况下不会启用”。该公司称：

ACR uses audio fingerprinting technology using the TV’s internal audio processor (not a speaker) to identify content and does not collect screenshots, screen recordings, video recordings, voice recordings, or other audio recordings from the TV.

ACR 使用音频指纹技术，通过电视内部的音频处理器（而非扬声器）来识别内容，且不会从电视中收集屏幕截图、屏幕录像、视频录制、语音录制或其他音频录制内容。

The company did not address broader concerns about how much data it collects, who it shares it with, the potential for bad actors to exploit its features, or the misleading way in which its privacy options are presented.

该公司并未回应更广泛的担忧，例如其收集了多少数据、与谁共享数据、恶意行为者利用其功能的可能性，以及其隐私选项呈现方式中存在的误导性问题。