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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Some of the brands have been reported to not allow you to do anything until it has an internet connection to do its "initial setup" (or some such excuse).
I hope I can find a list of which ones to avoid when I have to eventually replace my old dumb TV.