DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns

LG recently forced upon us an app install loaded with McAfee adware through a Windows update. We found that this has been happening to tons of users, made worse by LG’s shady history with TVs that instruct buyers to inform house visitors of third-party microphones in their living room. At no point in the adware or application install did LG or Microsoft ask us for consent or permission to install the software and enable its various permissions. On monitors ranging 1 day old in our office to 3 years old, we’ve been able to replicate these issues – including on the LG 34GX900A-B that we just bought (and have now returned, following spyware concerns).