To wit: There was a lawsuit where Susan Clements-Jeffrey sued Absolute Software (Lojack) for a stolen laptop she acquired; Lojack used surveillance to track down the stolen laptop and Susan successfully sued for invasion of privacy (Lojack settled instead of trying to fight it).
A couple of days ago I set up a samsung smart, ai, yadda yadda tv for a family member whose technical expertise boils down to "I unplug the computer to turn it off".
It refused to let me set it up for cable without granting it internet access (as in the bundled remote control didn't work):
First I ended up on a bunch of websites that hallucinated non-existent physical buttons on the tv
I then tried to scan scan the modal qr code which didn't work because the phone I used didn't have google play services.
I had to get another samsung phone (which immediately picked the tv up and asked me if I want to set it up without scanning any code) and after I agreed to share the data with some 450 partners, I got an error saying "setup did not complete, please try again"
Though at that point the builtin remote started working beyond on/off and mute and I was able to finish setup that way.
In the end, I can't even change the wifi password because the phone will share it over bluetooth with the fucking spybox.
Fuck samsung. You were shit in the galaxy S1 days, you're even worse now.