alt Hacker NewsA monitor cannot install software on your computer by the way. It's Windows installing this software automatically (for some reason), so the blame should be on Microsoft.
Autorun of malware when you plugged in a USB drive was also a Windows issue, I'd classify this as the same security problem.
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> Autorun of malware when you plugged in a USB drive was also a Windows issue, I'd classify this as the same security problem.
Not really. AutoRun ran whatever was on the USB drive, with no oversight. This installs a driver from a company that's supposed to be reputable enough to get their driver signed by MS and pass validation. LG breached that trust here.
The monitor should absolutely take the major part of the blame by being the source of the malware and poisoning the system for everyone else.
The blame should be on Microsoft and LG, both.
Actually it frequently can, since a modern monitor is often on USB and in a position to impersonate a keyboard and/or mouse.
I wouldn't put it past most of these companies.
> A monitor cannot install software on your computer by the way.
I think everyone in the HN crowd knows that.
> the blame should be on Microsoft
No, they blame should ALSO be on Microsoft, they are the enablers.