[SoftTalker]

I cannot imagine ever connecting a TV or appliance to my home network. I even worry about my printer and Roku.

[wccrawford]

It's worse than that. If you don't add it, what's to stop someone else from adding it? A lot of them are just "press okay and it's added". There's no security and nothing to stop people from adding unclaimed applicances, except distance.

[vharuck]

I vaguely remember a saying I read here once:

A tech lover has a home full of smart appliances and systems. A tech expert has a computer, a modem, a printer, and a revolver lying next to the printer in case it makes a sound they don't recognize.

[m463]

Don't leave the revolver too close to the printer. It might start saying "low toner" when you go to use it.

[timbit42]

The revolver or the printer might start saying that?

[StilesCrisis]

Why would your Roku be any more or less safe than a TV? It's the exact same idea.

[tekno45]

better than it connecting to one you don't own.

[mschild]

Or just keep it turned off entirely? Every "smart" device I have has the option to disable WiFi/bluetooth entirely so it doesn't even show up.