Sep 25, 2026 · 48 min · 11 segments
On this week's show: your smart TV is probably spying on you, so we talk through what to turn off and why “just don’t connect it” keeps sounding smarter; Matter 1.6.1 finally locks in Groupcast to…
Seth JohnsonHostTJ HuddlestonHost
Gavin CampbellHost
It's every smart TV maker collecting data about your viewing habits unless you opt out.
It identifies what you're watching from built-in apps, even if you're using HDMI input.
Um, so they, they will, they will, they will use the bits on the picture to figure out what you're watching.
And I wasn't able to confirm this myself, but was this part of the original claim where they were, the TVs were joining like random hotspots and stuff too? Cause that was supposedly a claim that somebody was making.
It's every smart TV maker collecting data about your viewing habits unless you opt out.
It identifies what you're watching from built-in apps, even if you're using HDMI input.
Um, so they, they will, they will, they will use the bits on the picture to figure out what you're watching.
And I wasn't able to confirm this myself, but was this part of the original claim where they were, the TVs were joining like random hotspots and stuff too? Cause that was supposedly a claim that somebody was making.
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