[uberman]

"Smart" today is basically code for "spies on you". In that respect these devices that allow the manufacturer to sell what has historically been private information is "smart" at least from their perspective.

When your doorbell, vacuum, fridge, tv, mouse, computer, security system, nanny cam, all collect and sell data about you why would you not assume that your monitor (likely now connected by a shared data channel like usb3) is doing the same.

Hell, MS went as far as to say capturing regular screenshots of your activity was a feature. It won't be long before most people agree with them.

When I was young, people feared that the powers that be might be listening in on their phone calls or watching them through their TVs. Today unfortunately, most people consider these to be product features.