along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agoAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThere is a reason to connect a TV to the internet. there is not for a monitor.
minus-squareHarkMahlberg@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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-up1·1 hour agoWindows update can install whatever the fuck it likes for all I care, I’m never using Windows again.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWindows installed that malware. The monitor has no way of installing anything on its own.
There is a reason to connect a TV to the internet. there is not for a monitor.
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.