Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick

Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by pixl97 on Thursday July 30, 2026 @05:58PM (#49116392)

And if the first time you get it online it just updates itself to malware?

That's the biggest problem with any device that updates.

Yea, this will work for the moment and the seller will be covered in the sense that "well, it wasn't infected when we sold it".

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by deaton on Friday July 31, 2026 @09:28AM (#49122880)

The law is not software. It would be very easy to argue that a streaming stick that automatically downloads malware is no different from one that came with malware.

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by pixl97 on Friday July 31, 2026 @09:54AM (#49123183)

And that's where the retailer is no longer in the loop, which is what this thread was about.

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