[DyslexicAtheist]

> That would imply they are incompetent and negligent.

> Would one not expect large companies like LG to have internal security and privacy

can't tell if this is sarcasm because this is exactly what they are. an OEM is just packaging stuff and always bigger than it's parts (in this case meaning the knowhow of their otherwise bright and knowledgeable engineers is lost in the organization as a whole). the biggest companies are always the dumbest places where no matter how bright you may be the management layers above make sure that this gets cancelled out (I've worked at Samsung, Nokia and Ericsson and it was the case in all these places). Doubt LG would be any different.