The Shift: How Your TV Became a Giant Smartphone Recent coverage in Slate magazine’s article “Your TV Is Not Safe” by Nitish Pahwa (May 3, 2026) has sparked important conversations about how our living room TVs are evolving into powerful data-collection machines. (Image description: A cinematic illustration of a smart TV watching the viewer with digital surveillance overlays. Source: Generated by Grok Imagine) As music apps, newsletters, Instagram Reels, and Google Photos become fully optimized for the biggest screen in the house, smart TV privacy concerns are reaching a critical point. TVs are no longer passive displays — they are…