man when people were telling me that smart TVs are a privacy nightmare, I thought that was because they recorded what you watched using their built in media-player OS.
NOPE! Apparently Roku TV's will give you popups based on what DVDs you're watching through them, because they screenshot the HDMI-in and compare it to a database.
that's a few steps creepier than I was expecting from a garden variety privacy invasion
here's the page I was linked to (from a tumblr post I've lost track of) on how to turn this off on various TVs:
@foone We've had "smart" TVs for over a decade now. They've rarely been hooked up to the internet. (I hooked up an LG TV to get a firmware update for dolby, and then disconnected it right after.)
*So far*, I don't think any of them brick themselves if they're not connected, but I'm pretty sure that day is coming.
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