# GamersNexus LG TV rooting video

7 Hacker News commenters recommended GamersNexus LG TV rooting video and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a long, detailed look at LG smart TV data collection, with reverse engineering and tests. Critics say it mixes real findings with overstated claims and is hard to follow.

## Why people recommend it

- Well regarded, recommended as must-watch (2 comments): "He should've watched to Gamer Nexus video on LG tv's" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50098840)) "Gamers nexus has a great video on this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614045))

## What people warn about

- Mixes true findings with exaggerated claims (6 comments): "They still run the audio recording manually through SSH and then claim that your TV is spying on your private conversations "silently"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606217)) "publishing a video that mixes true facts with facts that are not quite right weakens your argument" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49607708)) "It was longer than a movie and mainly nonsense about what it can do rather than what it does do." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49674697))
- Poorly organized, mixed topics (4 comments): "The video is quite a mixed set of topics mangled together" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49605984)) "the way the video and the overall research was done, the entire message was diluted too much" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606358)) "It mixes stuff done by LG (ACR) with stuff done via rooting (audio recording)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606332))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GamersNexus LG TV rooting video", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gamersnexus-video-on-lg-tv-rooting/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).