Yash Vekaria
ON THE RECORD · 6 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“such as diagnostics or improving speech recognition … but even those involve keeping recordings from people’s homes without meaningful consent”
Yash Vekaria · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Vekaria acknowledged possible benign explanations but said they still involve retaining home recordings without meaningful consent.
“This vulnerability can allow sniffing [of] much more critical conversations … Imagine government officials discussing national security in their hotel room [next to an] LG TV”
Yash Vekaria · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Vekaria warned that the vulnerability could allow interception of sensitive conversations near LG TVs.
“a voice command is only useful in real time, so audio queued for later upload is presumably being kept for something else, such as logging, analytics or model training. LG should explain what”
Yash Vekaria · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Vekaria argued that queued audio may be retained for logging, analytics, or model training purposes.
“It raises a question of purpose,”
Yash Vekaria · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Vekaria questioned the purpose of retaining audio for later upload rather than processing voice commands in real time.
“What we do know is that LG runs an advertising business built on household data, including the Automatic Content Recognition [ACR] tracking documented in our research, and that its voice pipeline appears to capture and retain more than users would expect.”
Yash Vekaria · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Vekaria noted that LG operates an advertising business built on household data and ACR tracking documented in the research.
“prompt patching from LG matters”
Yash Vekaria · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Vekaria emphasized the importance of timely software patches for TVs that often remain in homes past their update support.