mulcahey@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: enshitification@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.commulcahey@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square70linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: enshitification@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThe monitor is malware. It litterally backdoors software into systems over the hdmi connector. Windows is (stupidly) set up in a way that it just installs whatever “drivers” (ie adware) the monitor says it needs.
The monitor is malware. It litterally backdoors software into systems over the hdmi connector. Windows is (stupidly) set up in a way that it just installs whatever “drivers” (ie adware) the monitor says it needs.