Turret3857 comments on Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows

Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Most "Smart" TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), essentially taking snapshots every 10+ms of what you watch and hear, then forwarding & selling that data to companies for ads, etc. I now feel it's only a matter of time before this "feature" finds its way to our ever "smarter" PC monitors.

LG with the help of Windows is already installing adware when the right Device ID is detected.

☑️ To disable ACR on TV: https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-disable-acr-tv/

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Most linux distros have a program called fwupd that installs hardware related updates. That was my example of the way in because most hardware updates are proprietary.

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[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Fwupd is for updating on-device firmware AFAIK. This "attack" uses windows update mechanism for automatic installation of drivers to push additional software directly on users' PCs.

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[+] natecox@programming.dev 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

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[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

Discover has shown me a UEFI update before in the list of updates its wants to do and ive confirmed it. If people aren't paying attention to updates and just updating its very much possible they could get something like that accidentally

For example, AMD recently removed RAM encryption without telling anyone via an update.