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Oct 21, 2026 1 hr 10 min

Are Smart TVs Too Smart?

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Even in the days of ubiquitous mobile devices, virtually everyone you know has some sort of access to a television. TV is a legendary success story, going from a tiny, unreliable, and expensive piece of pretty tech to an absolute 'must-have' for billions of people. Yet, as Ben, Matt, and Noel discover in tonight's episode, modern TV sets are no longer dumb screens relaying audio and video. In a very real (and disturbingly conspiratorial) way, your television is watching you, even more than you may be watching it. They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

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