along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 days agoAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 days agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareHarkMahlberg@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·8 days agoCheck this video from Gamer’s Nexus. They don’t even need an ethernet cable, they can just install ads/malware directly through Windows Update.
minus-squareLemmyEntertainYou@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWindows update can install whatever the fuck it likes for all I care, I’m never using Windows again.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoWindows installed that malware. The monitor has no way of installing anything on its own.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoTo be fair, that really took two parties, didn’t it? LG had to put the software in the update, and Microsoft had to wave it on through.
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoNobody forces you to install the LG app. Nobody forces you to use windows either…
Check this video from Gamer’s Nexus. They don’t even need an ethernet cable, they can just install ads/malware directly through Windows Update.
Windows update can install whatever the fuck it likes for all I care, I’m never using Windows again.
Windows installed that malware. The monitor has no way of installing anything on its own.
To be fair, that really took two parties, didn’t it? LG had to put the software in the update, and Microsoft had to wave it on through.
Nobody forces you to install the LG app. Nobody forces you to use windows either…