mulcahey@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 4 days agoAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1311arrow-down1external-linkAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.commulcahey@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoThe monitor is malware. It litterally backdoors software into systems over the hdmi connector. Windows is (stupidly) set up in a way that it just installs whatever “drivers” (ie adware) the monitor says it needs.
The monitor is malware. It litterally backdoors software into systems over the hdmi connector. Windows is (stupidly) set up in a way that it just installs whatever “drivers” (ie adware) the monitor says it needs.