July 3, 2024, 1:22 p.m. | /u/DiddyGoo

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>LG Electronics has acquired European smart home Company Athom ... the move is seen as being a way for LG to use their technology to capture information on consumers home lives, and then sell the data to third party advertisers, the same way they do with their TVs and WebOS software.
https://www.channelnews.com.au/breaking-news-lg-aquires-home-automation-platform-new-way-to-capture-sell-data-on-customers/

Whoah! I've bought LG televisions, and had no idea they are harvesting my personal data and selling it to third parties.

This will make me extremely …

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