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[Gamers Nexus] DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns (i.ytimg.com)

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I mean it was a popup to install Mcafee. The LG monitor driver loaded adware; I don’t run Mcafee on Windows.

I traced it, and I know it was the monitor driver that did it. Thankfully. But I feared it was more serious malware masquerading as a Mcafee installer.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So it installed it to windows? Not the monitor itself? I would be impressed if they pushed ads into the firmware to overlay like the monitor controls. As it is, sounds like its as much Microslop's fault as LG.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, it installs to Windows.

Nah it didn't change the monitor or do anything to it. Windows Update just installs the adware when it sees the monitor's ID.

This has been going on forever with other components, like "gaming" motherboards, laptops and mice. But this is interesting because they retroactively did it to my plain-looking 2020 monitor. And Microsoft is in an awkward position here, as the manufacturer can claim these blobs are absolutely necessary to run the hardware.