My LG TV’s new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted

[volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip]

My LG TV’s new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted.

Weird that such a miracle technology can't be uninstalled. You'd think it's so good and useful that people would go out of their way to install it, even.

[drizzy@cyberplace.social]

@volpeon yeesh, sure glad I disconnected the TV from the internet few years ago and just connect through kodi and HDMI...

[hyc@mastodon.social]

@volpeon lol, it's from M$. If they thought it was good & useful they'd charge you money to download it

[feloniouspunk@beige.party]

@volpeon @catsalad Why in the world would you connect a tv to the internet? Have you been asleep for the past 20 years?

[guigsy@mstdn.social]

@volpeon A large proportion of the AdGuard traffic I block on my network was my Panasonic TV trying to contact Netflix. I don't even have a Netflix subscription. Given some of the content tracking methods TVs now use (like sending a pic of what you're watching several times a minute), I've taken it off the network. Thankfully it isn't too obnoxious about becoming a no longer smart TV.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@FeloniousPunk People do without knowing the risks. Plus @volpeon is quoting today's reddit and hacknews posts (thus the > prefix) NOT actually claiming they did so as well

[alison@beige.party]

@volpeon So have you put it back in the box and returned it yet?

[faoluin@chitter.xyz]

@volpeon Technology so advanced that the uninstall feature has been made obsolete by how amazing it is.

[toroidalcore@masto.hackers.town]

@catsalad

I'll bet someday, if they haven't already, they'll start including SIM cards and calling home even if you don't connect them to your own home network.

It's only a matter of time before all these smart appliances form their own subspace network.

@FeloniousPunk @volpeon

[bstow@beige.party]

@volpeon If it walks like malware, and it quacks like malware, my gut tells me it's a duck. A malware filled duck.

[toroidalcore@masto.hackers.town]

@FurryBeta

That's scary.

@catsalad @FeloniousPunk @volpeon