Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
Somehow, advanced Triada malware was added to devices before reaching resellers.
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I miss having a dumb tv
If I don't connect it to the internet they don't get to sell ur data innit
I only watch pirated content. What data are they selling?
Your viewing habits. Nature shows? Show this guy camping gear ads on his phone!
You know, if I did get relevant ads from all of these places that are supposedly tracking everything that I do and monitoring my likes, I wouldn't mind ads so much. But the fact that even though Google, for example, knows everything that I do and everywhere that I go and everything that I like, they still serve me irrelevant ads that I would never care about in a billion years. All of this touted targeted ads bullshit technology and it doesn't even work. So I don't care, harvest everything that I like and everything that I do. Because it doesn't work anyway.
Bro being a regular sucks and it even sucks more when you don't know what you're taking about. They will sell you Nike while making you think that you're life sucks because you're fat.
Ah well goodluck google. I haven't seen a single ad from past 6-7 years. Next DNS on my router, Linux mint with Firefox (ublock origin) and same for android.
Nice! I do pretty much the same except for the dns part. I'll look into it.
Having said that, I've always said that we should be able to purchase dumb TVs, and when people say "just don't connect it to the net," they're missing the point, because they're still enabling these companies (this is not directed at you specifically. It's just an argument I keep hearing.)
Shit will want to connect some way. If I ever have to buy a smart TV for myself, I'm opening it up and swapping the brain board or removing the antenna.
I'm annoyed that they don't sell them and that even if you don't connect a smart tv to wifi to keep it dumb it'll still not just be a display and it'll try to shove stuff in your face
I bought a Hisense and it had the option during setup to disable most smart features and leave it in “basic mode”. I was already going to put an Apple TV in it so I just left it there and I’ve been happy. Only thing a tv needs is settings and the ability to change inputs.
android tv has this option at setup, like Sony and whatever else
your Hisense has android tv pre-installed
LOL I'm still using an old CRT TV because it just won't die and I barely watch TV
Walmart sells Sceptre 4k tvs which are dumb, sure they aren't OLED or have amazing refresh rates but they are the perfect TV for most people, it's much easier to chuck and buy a new $20 streaming device when updates make it crawl to a near stop than it is to do the same with a $600+ TV.
These new Led backlit tvs die like every 2 years and need led strip replacement. I had to repair mine 3 times now while my old lcd tv never died in 15+ years and I gave it to my dad who is using it for past 8 years daily.
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.
I gave mine up when I had to move cross country. I miss it dearly.