Your T95 is infected with malware pre-installed, ready to do whatever the C2 servers decide. Yes, malware from Amazon straight to your door! If they insist on selling these devices they really should add an “Includes Malware” category in the Android TV section.
I find it absolutely baffling that Amazon is full of sketchy garbage like this, and nobody really seems to care. Amazon itself, lawmakers, consumers – everybody just takes it for granted?
Given Amazon is the storefront, and not the author of the malware or builder of the hardware, this story is quite deceptively titled and should be blacklisted as clickbait. I expect better from OS News.
The issue should be taken up with the hardware vendor not the store you buy it from!
Maybe, but Amazon has well known issues with counterfeits and this malware is likely being spread by exploiting those weaknesses.
Basically, if you sell through Amazon and order product straight from the manufacturer to sell, anybody else that orders the same item will have theirs end up in the same bin. Which means if another seller buys a bunch of counterfeits at discount, your customers might receive counterfeit product even if you take pains to make sure you’re sourcing authentic items.
This is weakness is likely how this malware is spreading – I doubt all of these units are infected with malware, but one seller could easily have ordered from somebody selling these with malware, and even if you don’t purchase from that seller, you could still end up with one infected with malware. That is wholly because of Amazon’s weakness.
So.. kiddy porn on facebook is fine, as its just the platform and not their problem?
I have to agree. Similar but different example is ebay users giving an ebay seller (shop) bad feedback because the product is not what the buyer expected. Bad feedback is for bad communication, slow processing, bu11crap descriptions and so on by the seller. An ebay user not a shop selling their used goods would be more responsible for what they sell personally, IMO.
Bringbackanonposting,
I would agree with this, however in ebay’s case specifically there are usually no provisions to report issues with products and consequently the next best thing is reporting the seller
I do wish ebay would fix this since it’s important for consumers to be able to share this information.
Malware that isn’t related to Amazon? 🙂
Careful, that’s a slippery slope. People start caring about malware, and then laws get passed catching large parts of the adtech industry in the net. LOL Google and FB might have to face consequences for their actions, and that would be tragic. Surveillance capitalism is the only thing keeping SV relevant. LOL
Yikes.
This isn’t the first time Allwinner has included a backdoor in one of their products either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allwinner_Technology#Linux_controversies
In all fairness Amazon Echo is not all that different compared to T95.