LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent
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#2Can confirm. This happened to me yesterday on my Windows 11 machine. Uninstallation was only listed in the Microsoft Store -> Library.
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#3Not 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.
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#4And 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.
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#5Your OS silently installs malware. Doesn't get much worse than this.
Re: LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent
#6Workaround:
gpedit.msc
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installation
Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata
Set to enabled
OK
sysdm.cpl
Hardware tab
Click Device Installation Settings
Under 'Do you want to automatically download manufacturers' apps for your devices?', select 'No'
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#7They 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
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#8[Laughs in Linux/BSD]
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#9If 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 as it relates to your use of technology, 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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#10McAfee should be classified as a virus