So @naomibrockwell blew my mind about how are smart TVs are spying on us with Automatic Content Recognition and other advertising profile scripts. Yikes! Thanks for the heads up!
https://youtu.be/jeq2m-OM53A?si=DPW7TQiDSopBdqiS

I don’t have the resources to switch to a more secure streaming device yet (I’m gonna build one with mini PC running LibreELEC with Kodi hopefully).

In the meantime, I setup a Pi-Hole on an old Raspberry Pi 3B I had laying around last night to block as many ads and outgoing unwanted scripts as I could.
https://pi-hole.net/

It is working great from what I tell! Even removed the ads from my Roku TV home pages lol! I’m sure some stuff is getting through, but at least it’s minimal.

Here is the PiHole install video I watched from Micro Center, but I also added SSH via private/public keys too. How to Block Ads Using a Pi-Hole With A Raspberry Pi
https://youtu.be/oX4NqFisC5Y?si=-AdahVN0F6UchwnP

Oh and it has a built-in Star Trek NG LCARS theme!
https://github.com/MichalSvatos/pi-hole-star-trek-picard

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Tonight was great. I tried dried Lychee for the first time, which was quite an experience! Feels like a bearded dragon I had in a past life, but somehow tastes like a grape mixed with a pear.

More importantly though, I have discovered slap bracelet rulers during our trip to Target this evening. Haha

Hey! Just wanted to boost this cool shirt I bought from https://vkc.sh/merch/.

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