[skybrian]

The FCC tests electronics for radio interference. Perhaps they could test electronics for Internet behavior like this too?

Some manufacturers will try to cheat on the tests, but we have AI security checking now, so maybe that would make it harder to cheat?

[iamnothere]

That sounds like a fast track to government control of what operating systems are allowed. These aren’t just electronics, they are low power computers that happen to have an OS and software preinstalled.

(I’d be open to a rule that devices must allow users to wipe the devices and install their own OS.)

[skybrian]

On the other hand, I suppose if the OS on a TV stick ran in a hardware-enforced sandbox that restricted network access to certain necessary domains, it couldn't be used for scraping websites and ad fraud? It's not being sold as a general-purpose computer so maybe it shouldn't be one.