Apparently you missed the part where LG says they plan to weave Copilot throughout WebOs and use it “proactively” to assist users and offer content.

Ignoring the app doesn’t keep the AI from spying on you and your household.

This is exactly what I do but it continuing to be a rarity is it’s best feature I believe. If it were common then hackers would script for detecting the pattern and I’m not sure it’d be any less vulnerable.