GamersNexus LG TV rooting video
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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.
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.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Well regarded, recommended as must-watch
“He should've watched to Gamer Nexus video on LG tv's”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room” “Gamers nexus has a great video on this.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Mixes true findings with exaggerated claims
“They still run the audio recording manually through SSH and then claim that your TV is spying on your private conversations "silently".”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” “publishing a video that mixes true facts with facts that are not quite right weakens your argument”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” “It was longer than a movie and mainly nonsense about what it can do rather than what it does do.”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'” - Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea”
- Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea”
- Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea”
Poorly organized, mixed topics
“The video is quite a mixed set of topics mangled together”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” “the way the video and the overall research was done, the entire message was diluted too much”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” “It mixes stuff done by LG (ACR) with stuff done via rooting (audio recording).”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” - Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Root shell on Samsung TV”
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What people said
All 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There really wasn't a lot of new information in the Gamer's Nexus video.”
“it's so poorly organized and deceptively presented”
“He should've watched to Gamer Nexus video on LG tv's”
“It was longer than a movie and mainly nonsense about what it can do rather than what it does do.”
“Don't bury it under conspiracy theory.”
“Gamers Nexus has a 2h video doing reverse engineering and a lot of tests”
“Gamers nexus has a great video on this.”
“publishing a video that mixes true facts with facts that are not quite right weakens your argument”
“GamersNexus did an investigation which may overstate the privacy threat posed by LG smart TVs.”
“I was also a bit disappointed with the video. I don't usually watch the channel, but the previous video on LG with the McAfee thing was good.”
“the way the video and the overall research was done, the entire message was diluted too much”
“It mixes stuff done by LG (ACR) with stuff done via rooting (audio recording).”
“They still run the audio recording manually through SSH and then claim that your TV is spying on your private conversations "silently".”
“They didn't need to pad their feature-length video with these non-issues.”
“The video is quite a mixed set of topics mangled together”
“the entire video seems to be worth watching if you're not rather familiar with the topic”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.