A closer look
Internet of Things technology has advanced to the point where modern smart televisions routinely use automatic content recognition to scan every single image displayed on your screen and report it back to advertisers. You paid thousands of dollars for a premium display, and its primary function is to covertly log whether you are watching a pharmaceutical commercial or playing a video game so companies can hit you with targeted ads on your phone. We eagerly install Orwellian surveillance devices in our living rooms under the guise of convenience because we are too lazy to get off the couch to adjust the thermostat. Welcome to the future, where your refrigerator requires a firmware update and your television is enthusiastically selling your viewing habits to the highest bidder
