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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
(www.notebookcheck.net)
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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Is this not a felony under U.S. law? Computer hacking has HUGE criminal liability.
Ironic
Another win for Linux
The more I learn about windows the more I wish I would've ditched it a long time ago instead of last month...
Name something you do as a corporation to avoid any laws or accountability with the current administration
let's see if that answer's on the board..survey says...!
DING
It's actually windows doing it
It probably says somewhere in the ToS, which is still a fucking disgrace that those exists, without having to make clear and obvious bullet points you click "consent".
Even having to make consent multiple times should be mandatory for every shit they try to do.
Solution if users shouldnt hit consent multiple times? Dont do shady shit.
I can't remember the specifics right now, but in Gamers Nexus video from yesterday, according to LG ToS you must disclose something regarding spying and wiretapping laws to your family and anyone visiting your house
I have a plan: we pass a law that any contract intended for the public (ToS, various other terms and conditions, privacy policies, etc) must be at the average reading level of the American public. We'll either incentivize better education or better contracts. Maybe both!
Doesnt matter if it's in kindergarten level reading, as long as it's a few paragraphs long, people will accept it.
Or standardize agreements that can be agreed to with just clicks so you can tell what's up from just seeing which agreement modules are included and what parameters they have (along with a bunch of sites that explain them in easier terms for the less literate, which will be useful because they are standards used by many agreements rather than needing a unique one for each version of each document).
Also, implied consent is not consent, and if there is no consent, the entire contract is unenforceable and therefore void.
Apparently it's windows doing it. Not the monitor via the HDMI or something. I guess that's what you get for using windows.
Yep. Windows installs manufacturer “helper” apps automatically like drivers. Got a Logitech mouse? You probably have a Logitech app in there you never asked for too because you plugged it in.
Stop using windows.
I had to go and find the Logitech app and install it myself. Otherwise it just used the minimal drivers that were built into windows.
Maybe wired mice and those without rainbow barf behave differently.
I don't use windows
Than this won’t affect you
I think that was more of a PSA for other people reading along.
Stop using Windows.
lol jk. I'm glad that we here all ditched Windows. amirite or amirite?...
Let me guess, proprietary drivers cause this and the open source or generic drivers lack “functionality”.
If it turns on, reaches its peek resolution and refresh rate that is good enough for me, I genuinely can care less for HDR or the nitty gritty features.
Monitors don't need drivers. Your GPU needs drivers, and you might need color correction for your monitor.
Microslop decided that any device that is plugged in might need drivers. They allow device manufacturers to specify an arbitrary program to be downloaded and executed by Windows Update, any time a device they make is plugged in.
Old monitors need it for absolutely nothing, like my 2020 LG. Every feature works out of the box, because it has to over display cables.
I think at most it adds an ICC profile, but it's not matched to the panel anyway and you can just install that seperately.