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The LG Smart TV keeps track of everything you watch, even files from external USBs

The LG Smart TV apparently transmits a unique device ID listing the names of programs you watch as well as the post names of media files you play from an external USB stick. 

A report by blogger “DoctorBeet” from the UK detailed an option (above) on an LG Smart TV for “collection of watching info,” which a network packet analysts indicated continues to collect and report data even after being turned off. 

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