Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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.comVent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square190fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCurious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea! /s
Curious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
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