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Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Most TVs have an office or presentation mode hidden somewhere in the settings, that will get rid of the ad-ridden interface and replace it with a plain and functional one. That plus no wifi, ever, gets them sorted.