I’m thinking of buying a TV, haven’t had one for a very long time (was using projectors). When researching, what blew my mind is that the HDMI spec now include

I’m thinking of buying a TV, haven’t had one for a very long time (was using projectors). When researching, what blew my mind is that the HDMI spec now includes Ethernet-over-HDMI (called HEC - HDMI Ethernet Channel). The end devices just need to support it. That got me thinking that perhaps we might see popular set top boxes like AppleTV transparently start giving internet to the connected smart TVs, perhaps against our wishes and with no way to turn it off.