3 ms·
Always assume all these cheap, obscure brands of electronics, from TV sets, to keyboards and security cameras are plagued with malware. I'm shocked to see how m
by Mizoguchi 3y ago
Always assume all these cheap, obscure brands of electronics, from TV sets, to keyboards and security cameras are plagued with malware. I'm shocked to see how many people I know who are highly educated and tech savvy bring these junk into their homes, add them to their network and download apps to set them up and manage them.
- criddell 3y agoIt depends also on how you define malware. If it includes surveillance software that monitors what an how you watch, then pretty much all of them include malware. My Sony Bravia certainly does (something called Samba).
- janalsncm 3y agoThe reality is I don’t have all day to mess around rooting my TV. I could theoretically do it, but I don’t want to. I just want to watch a show on Netflix and relax. Now if there was a service that did it for me I would consider paying for it. Sort of like a real life Curse Purge Plus [1]. [1] https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Curse_Purge_Plus https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Curse_Purge_Plus!