Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick
by CrazyMusicians on Thursday July 30, 2026 @06:05PM
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with the devices mentioned in the article, there is no consent requested, and the malicious apps are installed either before the box is sold or after as a requirement for getting the streaming services to work.
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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick
by inigyou on Friday July 31, 2026 @05:37AM
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You call them malicious apps but what is the evidence they are more malicious than the things they fight against?
Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick
by jon-wood on Friday July 31, 2026 @08:56AM
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Really? You'd be ok with me putting a proxy server on your home network then, which anyone with a few bucks can use to attach your IP address and subscriber details to anything they choose to request from the internet? How about a Tor exit node?
Its incredibly obvious to anyone applying any thought at all to this that its a malicious to sell a product that labels itself as a TV streaming stick which is in fact a paid for relay server with the money made from providing the internet connection to a random third party unrelated to the person who bought the thing without ever telling the customer.