A developer reverse-engineered his $3,000 Samsung TV after suspecting its targeted ads weren't a coincidence. He uncovered extensive tracking and telemetry, including automatic content recognition, audio monitoring, and user profiling. OpenAI then banned his account for alleged “cybersecurity abuse.” He says he only analyzed local binaries, never used OpenAI to find or exploit vulnerabilities, and lost around $500 in accumulated usage credits. His response? Buy three more computers to expand his local AI cluster. “It's much nicer to own your own AI.”
