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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[โ€“] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Never buy a "smart" appliance that you want a dumb version of.

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 3 days ago

The problem is that this is about normal LG screens, nothing smart about them.

Simply put, Microsoft detects you're using an LG screen, it downloads the appropriate drivers released by LG, and those drivers are in fact just nagware.