Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square183fedilinkarrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square183fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareDoubletwist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoEven then, unless you also blow away the firmware, you can’t be sure it’s clean.
minus-squareheeplr@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months 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.