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1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how (arstechnica.com)
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Researchers still don’t know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an open source version of Android in almost 200 countries.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Right, and I was trying to subtly tell you that you were wrong and that your inaccurate description borders on disinformation, as many of the rebranded white box Android TVs cost more than popular Play Certified Android TV devices, and include better hardware specs.