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LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

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LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

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Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months ago

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LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without user consent - VideoCardz.com

Connecting some LG monitors to a Windows PC may automatically install software that promotes McAfee subscriptions.

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It might be, if they hadn’t already agreed to it in the windows ToS, and/or in the LG ToS.

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