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Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (38 children)

How?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (17 children)

Connect old PC to TV. Both can be 15 years old.
(optional) For better performance, get a small SSD alongside the big HDD (a 64GB / partition will do), maybe have a homemade NAS ready too
Install Lubuntu, Mint XFCE, Puppy Linux or any other distro of choice
Set up KDE Connect, qBittorrent and VLC
Enjoy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Could you use a pi ? Do you have any recommendations on ssd / hdd

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'd be better off with a used office pc, something with a 4. Or 6. gen Intel CPU is usually cheaper than a RPI and way more versatile. Only thing you lose on is size and power consumption.