Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down121cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1585arrow-down1external-linkThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comVent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square189fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareDoubletwist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEven then, unless you also blow away the firmware, you can’t be sure it’s clean.
minus-squareheeplr@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoon Android, the OS is the firmware. If you talk about peripheral firmware, I’d not call it “software based” anymore.
Even then, unless you also blow away the firmware, you can’t be sure it’s clean.
on Android, the OS is the firmware. If you talk about peripheral firmware, I’d not call it “software based” anymore.