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Mini PC maker "AceMagic" ships systems with factory-installed spyware (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/minipcs

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This is probably a good reminder to not be tempted to buy random brand mini-PCs off Amazon and AliExpress.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Now that's a bit naughty. I would hope that the skill level of those who use mini-PC's for use-cases other than pure aesthetic would be able to nuke both partitions and start afresh anyway, sidestepping this type of shithousery.

The irony isn't lost on me that a site with more adverts than article words, quarter-page banner ads, and a convoluted GDPR consent tool has the gall to moan about spyware.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

a site with more adverts than article words

Ublock origin, firefox on android allows you to install extensions.

[–] Viking_Hippie 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And Firefox Nightly allows you to install MORE extensions, such as Consent-o-Matic, which aren't available for "vanilla" phone Firefox yet!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They're already available on "vanilla" Firefox for android.

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