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Kid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago

LG monitors criticized for silently installing McAfee ads via Windows Update | brief | SC Media

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Kid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago
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LG monitors criticized for silently installing McAfee ads via Windows Update
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The LG Monitor App Installer, identified by YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, installs automatically when a compatible LG monitor is connected to a Windows PC.
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    20 hours ago

    You could tell me Microsoft uses indeginous tribespeople on human-sized hamster wheels for electricity and I’d see it as morally in their wheelhouse.

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      So you’re saying you didn’t know this program was already operational??? But it’s prisoners not tribespeople. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48144469

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_treadmill

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        18 hours ago

        I forgot about that horror against humanity for a bit.

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          No problem.

          As a senior I just feel it’s my job to make sure we don’t forget.

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