There have already been scandals, for years. Vizio [0] settled with the FTC in 2017 because they did this without user consent. Roku won't even let you disable

There have already been scandals, for years. Vizio [0] settled with the FTC in 2017 because they did this without user consent. Roku won't even let you disable this type of data gathering. > The company provided consumers’ IP addresses to data aggregators, who then matched the address with an individual consumer or household. [0] - https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/...