Is your Roku TV spying on you? It’s possible, but here’s how you can easily stop it

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Roku, Fire, and Chromecast TVs may collect viewing, usage, and screen‑content data.
• You can disable or limit data collection via privacy/ACR settings.
• Full privacy requires disconnecting the TV from the internet entirely.

Whenever I hear about consumer data tracking, my half-century-old brain dredges up that Hall and Oates hit called “Private Eyes” with the refrain “they’re watching you.” 

I don’t mean to…