LG Denies Its TVs Are Spying on You (Unless You Opted In)

Surprise surprise… By default you’re opted-in. I dunno probably, I didn’t read the article.

It's opt in, but tge article explains that it's nestled among a bunch of eulas that you have to click through, so unless you obsessively check which checkboxes don't have to be checked, you're going to find yourself opted in.