@Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1603arrow-down121cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1582arrow-down1external-linkThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.com@Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square154fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
minus-square@Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoCurious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilinkEnglish4•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-squareasudoxlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWhat a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea! /s
minus-square@Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
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
What a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea!
/s
Aha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.