I agree, if I can't be sure the data I care about is inaccessible I won't go through with it. I'll be asking the tech more questions so hopefully I can learn more from him.
So if your network gear had the ability to set up vlans, I would put anything you care about on an entirely different subnet, with a VPN going out of that vlan before it hits your primary gateway lan (ie, if your default network is 192.168.1.1, set up a new vlan that is 192.168.10.1 and ensure your vpn captures all traffic from that vlan before heading out). Make sure your server is connected only to that vlan as well. That should isolate your traffic effectively to keep it away from prying eyes. While they have their spy box hooked up, make sure any access to the VPNd vlan is hardwired with no wifi access. Otherwise, pick up a separate router, and do the same thing with a VPN.
I have no actual knowledge on this but - I'm curious how you were picked for this program?
They seem to cut out chunks of ~5000 homes and then choose one home to represent that group. Pretty dumb imo, but they say when you look at it big-picture it's more accurate. If I said no they would just randomly pick another home in my area. I think they do use ethnic demographics in selecting their groups, but they don't look into who actually lives in the home they pick. They state they don't know anything more than what we happen to be watching, and they can only use data that's linked to some kind of service like Netflix or YT-TV. As far as who's watching, they get your ethnicity, age range and sex. On their remote you're just 'Person 1' or 'Person 2', etc.
UPDATE: I spoke with the tech from Nielsen and their equipment won't work properly if I change the wifi on any of my TVs or streaming devices, so they've offered to install their older setup which is just a device connected to the TVs that picks up the audio codes in any media playing on the device. No network access, they just won't find any code in my movies/TV shows.
If anyone sees any possible issues with this setup let me know, cheers!
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If you're pirating stuff I wouldn't let a data collection group just set shit up in your apartment. No idea what they know but imo it isn't worth the risk.
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