> I had non-technical family members bragging at Thanksgiving about how they bought at box at their local Best Buy that has an app which plays any movie or TV show they want on demand without paying anything. They didn’t understand what was happening, but they said it worked great.

Sounds like one of these: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/is-your-android-tv-strea...

Probably not your problem to play tech support for these people and explain why being part of a botnet is bad, but mildly concerning nonetheless!