Yeah, they're getting sneaky about adding 'features' that don't work if they're not connected yet have no actual need to be connected in order to implement them

Yeah, they're getting sneaky about adding 'features' that don't work if they're not connected yet have no actual need to be connected in order to implement them. Mine isn't Android TV (though I suppose it's possible it's running some Android variant rather than just a custom Linux build behind the scenes... I'll check that out)... it's a Roku/Netflix TV. So my plan is to put it behind an OpenWRT router and at the very least isolate and monitor the traffic if I'm not easily able to MITM it. If I find anything interesting I'll probably throw up a YouTube video so Google can further build up its profile about me while I attempt to figure out how someone else is attempting to build up a profile about me. The game of cat and mouse continues... (not sure which I am most days)