Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledVent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.world – 578 points – 12 months agoarstechnica.com180Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentAny Smart TV can be a dumb TV if not connected to the internetAnd 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.
Any Smart TV can be a dumb TV if not connected to the internetAnd 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.