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Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled

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Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled

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Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
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Somehow, advanced Triada malware was added to devices before reaching resellers.
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    My OctoPrint server runs on one of these (previous homeowners left it lying around), but I completely nuked Android and installed the Armbian distro for the Inovato Quadra (itself just a carefully sourced and rebranded TV box). It was tedious though, and I’d never buy one for that purpose when there are dedicated SBCs.

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        4k though

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            Ok but for the rest of us it means that it’s categorically NOT better than any Smart TV…

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