Warning about channel Free Movies + (It's turning your Roku into a zombie scraper)

Question

So before you install the channel Free Movies + onto your Roku, I suggest you read this article:

https://aidailydigital.com/new-roku-channel-turns-your-roku-into-a-zombie-web-scraper/

It seems that this app is actually leveraging Roku devices to perform web-scraping activities when your Roku is idle, and then feed that data back to a company called Bright Data. Seems pretty fishy to me.

They've actually got good movies from the 80s and 90s, but I don't know if the trade-off is worth it.

I'm actually quite surprised Roku is allowing such a thing to go on.

makaiguy · Answer

Paging Roku employees RokuAustin, RokuKariza-D RokuMary-F and any other moderators for follow up with those in the organization who approve/evaluate submitted channel apps.

Williamt100 · Answer

If true, I am surprised that this would be sanctioned on a channel "approved" by Roku.

Anonymous · Answer

Well, if you go to the channel store, you'll see that the channel has a privacy policy:

Privacy – Powr

Looks terrible, but then Paramount Plus also has a privacy policy:

Paramount Privacy | Privacy Policy (viacomcbsprivacy.com)

So, basically, what did you expect?

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