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[–] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It sounded paranoid to say that they record with the screen off but here we are.

Fire sticks will use Sidewalk. Roku will strike a deal with Comcast. It's a matter of who gets caught first and how bad the backlash is. The rest will follow suit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/technology/article/comcast-turns-houston-home-routers-into-150-000-5540419.php

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Keep in mind, they have to pay for those services, to identify traffic on your tv that's presumably not registered to a meaningfull address.

    FireTV could conceivably do it because they own the ecosystem, but even then, that's a low-bandwidth network and doesn't tie you to a physical address, just that the traffic is in your general neighborhood.

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