LG Monitors Caught Installing Adware and App with Access to All System Resources

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Post by taubek » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC

LG Monitors Caught Installing Adware and App with Access to All System Resources
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Re: LG Monitors Caught Installing Adware and App with Access to All System Resources

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Post by r-johnv » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC

I'm curious why Microsoft has that setting on by default. What are the benefits of letting any peripheral make system level changes to that extent without popping up a user installer?

Re: LG Monitors Caught Installing Adware and App with Access to All System Resources

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Post by Borg3 » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC

r-johnv wrote: post #2

I'm curious why Microsoft has that setting on by default. What are the benefits of letting any peripheral make system level changes to that extent without popping up a user installer?

Because this is not "Your computer" anymore, but "This PC" :)) muauhauhauhau.

Re: LG Monitors Caught Installing Adware and App with Access to All System Resources

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Post by NetMageSCW » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC

r-johnv wrote: post #2

I'm curious why Microsoft has that setting on by default. What are the benefits of letting any peripheral make system level changes to that extent without popping up a user installer?

Users don’t have to laboriously track down the drivers for a new peripheral and manually install them. It enables almost any device to become plug and play. But it needs guard rails.