Sure, Mr. Penguin, come right in. Can I offer you a… fish?

I think you missed their point. You don’t have to give them anything related to or connected to your real name or identity.

Back in my day we had an abacus and if you wanted it to do something you had to do it your damn self. And that worked JUST FINE.

I think you missed the point. It isn’t about your network or what good security practices are, it’s about what the TV does or is trying to do if you don’t connect it to your wifi. Open networks are out there whether we like it or not and some TVs will try to use them to call home.

Some TVs automatically latch on to any open network they can find, to do their connected thing, even if you don’t specifically give them access to your wifi.

Jesus, man, Omulan please.