Luckily on the XBOX you could at least play some older titles you might've never played pretty easily. PlayStation in that regard is, as far as I know, still lacking. The only console I've considered worthwhile for this generation is the Switch.
They have for a while now in my experience. I'm not sure if it's still a thing, but there used to be these like sacks at the door with numbered pockets in which you'd put your phone until the end of that specific class.
As someone else already mentioned, there's a Darknet Diaries episode about it. There's also a Wired [0] piece about it from Andy Greenberg who also adopted it into his (in my opinion) excellent book Sandworm: about how the Kremlin slowly got more and more dangerous in terms of cyber warfare capabilities.
They're either hidden extremely well, I'm oblivious to them or they're not there as much I'd say.
Most of the things I get on TikTok are, I would argue, genuine content that someone made because they wanted to or is following along a trend that is ongoing. I don't get a lot of people showing off a product, and often when they do it's for stuff I'm interested in and I'm already following them for.
Perhaps its a matter of diversity. Instagram feels very monotone in its ads: bottom barrel mobile games or brands trying to sell me their garbage I don't need nor would be interested in. TikTok on the other hand feels less monotonous in what I get shown.
I'm always surprised by the sheer amount of ads on Instagram. TikTok barely shows me any ads, even through prolonged periods of me using the app. Using Instagram is pain with the constant amount of identical ads being shoved down the pipeline.
Theoretically yes. However, the chance of you encountering a second hand device with such an implant is relatively low I'd say.
I guess if you buy it off journalists or activists the chance would be higher but still relatively unlikely. But as with anything, consider if it suits your threat model and act accordingly.
You should also be able to hold the ‘menu’ or ‘<‘ button, depending on which remote you have, to directly go to the home page