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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 132 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

This is because as soon as a monitor is connected to a Windows computer, it automatically installs both the LG Monitor App Installer and McAfee Scam Detector without ever asking the user for permission.

Is this not a felony under U.S. law? Computer hacking has HUGE criminal liability.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 44 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Another win for Linux

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 14 points 13 hours ago

The more I learn about windows the more I wish I would've ditched it a long time ago instead of last month...

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Name something you do as a corporation to avoid any laws or accountability with the current administration

BRIBE THE DOJ

let's see if that answer's on the board..survey says...!

DING

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 20 points 22 hours ago

It's actually windows doing it

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Let me guess, proprietary drivers cause this and the open source or generic drivers lack “functionality”.

If it turns on, reaches its peek resolution and refresh rate that is good enough for me, I genuinely can care less for HDR or the nitty gritty features.

[–] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 14 points 18 hours ago

Monitors don't need drivers. Your GPU needs drivers, and you might need color correction for your monitor.

Microslop decided that any device that is plugged in might need drivers. They allow device manufacturers to specify an arbitrary program to be downloaded and executed by Windows Update, any time a device they make is plugged in.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Old monitors need it for absolutely nothing, like my 2020 LG. Every feature works out of the box, because it has to over display cables.

I think at most it adds an ICC profile, but it's not matched to the panel anyway and you can just install that seperately.