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Love being interrupted when my monitor asks me to accept user agreements

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373 points h2odragon | 6 comments | 19 Oct 24 17:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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HPsquared ◴[19 Oct 24 18:23 UTC] No.41889560[source]▶
Is this a side effect of allowing monitors to use USB-C? Is there some driver via WHQL that allows the monitor to connect to the internet???

This seems to me like a potential security issue.

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johnnyo ◴[19 Oct 24 18:32 UTC] No.41889631[source]▶
That was my question as well. What is the user benefit of the monitor having a network connection?
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secondcoming ◴[19 Oct 24 18:46 UTC] No.41889730[source]▶
I use my monitor's network connection so devices connected to it via thunderbolt also have ethernet.
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1. wholinator2 ◴[19 Oct 24 19:06 UTC] No.41889879[source]▶
But, why doesn't the ethernet just connect to the device directly? Have they really taken so many ports away from us that the only way to connect to ethernet is to daisy chain through a fucking smart monitor?
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2. unsnap_biceps ◴[19 Oct 24 19:29 UTC] No.41890081[source]▶
Single cable docking. You plug your laptop into the monitor via USBC and it charges your laptop, provides it a Ethernet connection and drives the monitor display.

It's neat, but not this dystopian neat.

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3. jonathanlydall ◴[19 Oct 24 19:38 UTC] No.41890148[source]▶
Not defending the sickening concept of a “spy” monitor.

But my Dell P2423DE monitor has a USB-C “dock” built into it so that I plug a single cable into my laptop which connects it to 2x 1440p monitors, power, mouse, headset receiver, keyboard and a wired ethernet connection.

Quite frankly, it’s awesomely convenient.

It’s totally legitimate to have a network port on a monitor.

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4. dotancohen ◴[19 Oct 24 20:24 UTC] No.41890506[source]▶
That does not sound to me like a network port on a monitor. That sounds like a monitor / docking station combination.
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5. throw4950sh06 ◴[20 Oct 24 12:40 UTC] No.41894969{3}[source]▶
Yeah, but the Ethernet port is inside the display case and you control it from the display menu.
6. account42 ◴[21 Oct 24 13:29 UTC] No.41903953[source]▶
I'd rather just use a dedicated (dumb) docking station rather than giving yet another device internet access.