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Connecting an LG Monitor to a Windows PC Trigger the Silent, Unprompted Installation of Adware (consumerrights.wiki)
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[–] 42 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Monitor requests Windows OS to install monitor company's software, Windows installs whatever they want.

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  • [–] 49 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Not quite, Windows detects the monitor being attached and goes "Oh? What software goes with this?" and downloads the package provided by LG.

    The monitor doesn't say "Hey, I want you to download this", Windows does that on it's own.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Wait, since when does Windows install apps and not just device drivers?!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Apps being bundled with drivers is not that new. I swore off Razer hardware years ago because their fucking keyboard decided to install a bloated app alongside it - during OS installation as well! A blocking installer, fucked up my unattended install.

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