You’re acting like Microsoft aren’t pushing malware themselves.
replyThat's just a parallel fact, no one's "acting" like anything?
replyWhat were you actually trying to say?
I am saying that people here seem to be appealing to Microsoft as an authority that should be interested in stopping this, perhaps because they are morally superior or concerned about their reputation. They are not.
replyNo, Microsoft should be stopping this because Microsoft is doing it, and it is wrong. HDMI does not, to my knowledge, provide a mechanism for loading code: it's Microsoft software looking the product model up in a Microsoft database, downloading the appropriate malware, and executing it with elevated privileges (bypassing UAC).
replyHow in the world does that absolve Dell/etc, OR reduce Microsoft’s culpability for letting their update service be abused?
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