LG looking into claim smart TVs grab user data
http://www.adn.com/2013/11/20/3188576/lg-looking-into-claim-smart-tvs.html
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, South Korean models pose with a CINEMA 3D Smart TV during a press conference to introduce the LG Electronics' television and the company's marketing strategy for 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics Inc. said it is investigating a claim that some of its smart TVs send information on home viewing habits back to the company without consent. The investigation comes after Jason Huntley, a 45-year-old IT consultant in Britain, detailed in his blog how his LG smart TV logged the channels he was watching and sent the data to LG.
LG looking into claim smart TVs grab user data
By YOUKYUNG LEE
AP Technology Writer
November 20, 2013 Updated 22 hours ago
SEOUL, South Korea LG Electronics Inc. said it is investigating a claim that some of its smart TVs send information on home viewing habits back to the company without consent.
The investigation comes after Jason Huntley, a 45-year-old IT consultant in Britain, detailed in his blog how his LG smart TV logged the channels he was watching and sent the data to LG.
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"The (LG) server acknowledges the successful receipt of this information back to the TV," he said in an email. The information appeared to be sent to LG unencrypted, he said.
Also collected were the names of files saved in an external USB hard drive plugged into the TV as well as the TV's unique identification information.