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LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

https://videocardz.com/newz/lg-monitors-silently-install-software-through-windows-update-without-user-consent
65•baranul•1h ago

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Kelteseth•15m ago
Can confirm. This happened to me yesterday on my Windows 11 machine. Uninstallation was only listed in the Microsoft Store -> Library.
boomskats•9m ago
Not great, but also not at all surprising.

Not sure about other solutions, but one suggested workaround here would be to silently uninstall Windows without consent.

justsomehnguy•9m ago
And Razer, Logitech, nvidia and everyone else who has it's driver package accepted into WU.

No, you can't have a "(o) just the driver" checkbox because... honestly there are a lot of reasons and the device manufacturers are the guys who demand that in the first place.

thejokeisonme•8m ago
Your OS silently installs malware. Doesn't get much worse than this.
delta_p_delta_x•8m ago
[delayed]
kingleopold•8m ago
They used to call this spyware/malware. Now it's a regular practice by eng. teams and managers inside these big corp. Well played guys :) Congrats with new type of tricks
BoingBoomTschak•6m ago
[Laughs in Linux/BSD]
anonym29•5m ago
If you're using Windows on a personal device in the first place, you're pretty loudly declaring that your consent doesn't matter anyway.

That's not your computer, that's Microsoft's computer. You're the threat model they lock it down against, you're the schmuck that keeps them fed, and you're the possible terrorist/hacker to be surveilled, tagged, tracked, and monitored.

If you care about consent, you shouldn't be using Windows in the first place, and this has been obvious for well over a decade now.

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