@Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1604cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1604external-linkThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.com@Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square190fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkEnglish4•9 months agoSamsung historically has had a habit of poaching features from their Smart TVs as they age, eventually leaving you with a not so smart TV after a decade or so. Not sure if other manufacturers do the same
minus-square@Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoAha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
minus-square@Asudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoWhat a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea! /s
Samsung historically has had a habit of poaching features from their Smart TVs as they age, eventually leaving you with a not so smart TV after a decade or so. Not sure if other manufacturers do the same
Aha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
What a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea!
/s