LG Denies Its TVs Are Spying on You (Unless You Opted In)
THE SO WHAT
The fight over "opt-in" telemetry on TVs is a preview of how AI-era data collection will be litigated in consumer hardware. If your product depends on behavioral data, treat consent UX and logging transparency as core product work, not legal afterthought.
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