Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled

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Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
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Any Smart TV can be a dumb TV if not connected to the internet

And what you will do with the preinstalled malware and bloatware?

Whats the malware going to do?

Lock you out? Instant refund and negative review. Steal your info? Cant send info out without internet.

But it will still be a bloat and take up resources like any deamon/service and resources are already very low on these devices!

Not connecting to internet is not a solution but buying dump TV is.