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

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373 points h2odragon | 1 comments | 19 Oct 24 17:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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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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__MatrixMan__ ◴[19 Oct 24 18:44 UTC] No.41889713[source]▶
Once you've identified the viewer you can see if they have a license for that they're viewing and report the thoughtcrime if not.
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1. IshKebab ◴[19 Oct 24 19:49 UTC] No.41890230[source]▶
I don't think that really caught on that much. Film studios care about it, but TV manufacturers don't really.

This is for advertising plain and simple (and probably selling user data to some extent). That's direct income for the manufacturers so they care about it a lot.