• mcv@lemmy.zip
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    21 hours ago

    How can a monitor install stuff on a PC? Can you do that over hdmi/dp? Does it require usb?

    Either way, this stuff should be illegal or at least require a much more explicit warning than hiding it in terms of service that nobody reads. And of course everybody would do well to avoid LG out of principle from now on.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Razer mice have some crapware that auto-installs on Windows now, through windows update. Their official driver that it downloads adds the crap and Microsoft just lets it do it all.

      No such hassles on Linux though.

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      20 hours ago

      Windows update, by default, is set to automatically download and install the malware for them when the HDMI cable is connected to the computer, within less than a minute.