@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1607cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1607external-linkThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square188fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoCurious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoWhat a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea! /s
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
Aha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
What a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea!
/s