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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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It has, I think.
A little different, but I hope you'll see my point.
My family members use netflix on our smart TV. The netflix that says in it's privacy policy that they'll scan your network to know what devices you have.
I have never agreed to that outrageously unacceptable privacy policy, still, my devices are scanned by that garbage service, and by that they have insight on what devices I have, when am I around (at home), the network services that those devices run (any android app can run a network service in the background), and probably the OS along with it's version that your device runs. These information can be quite telling about your personality, your life situation and other private matters.
And it sucks that companies are allowed to do things like that with their software but I would imagine you wouldn't be very popular if you try to tell them they can't use Netflix anymore
Could always put your machines on a different subnet to the smart TV?