I heard rumor (that sounded believable enough to me) that the content-detection part of "smart TVs" (i.e. they sample pixels in each frame to figure out what sh

I heard rumor (that sounded believable enough to me) that the content-detection part of "smart TVs" (i.e. they sample pixels in each frame to figure out what show you're watching) is valuable enough that the software will try any unsecured wifi network in the area to phone home. On hearing that, I immediately password-protected my guest network that had previously been open (I live in the boonies), Internet of "Things" indeed. John Carpenter, eat your heart out.