[phendrenad2]

I'm tired of everything being classified as "malware". The word has no meaning anymore. Malware can mean "zero-day state-sponsored ransomware attack" or it can mean "software was automatically installed by a trusted consumer-beloved company because they forgot to make an opt-out window" (which is what I'm guessing happened here).

[hangrybear666]

LG hardware laying dormant for sometimes 3 years, then installing software through backchannels silently to record your voice continuously (if the monitor has a microphone, which some models do) and taking screenshots of your monitor content every 500ms, uploaded to their servers and likely shared with data brokers and the government qualifies as malware in my book.

[phendrenad2]

Are you thinking of some other malware? There's nothing in the article that mentions ANY of those things. And considering you made your account 2 days ago, I wonder if you hallucinated it. :)

[account42]

Malware was always an overarching term for all kinds of unwanted software, there is no definition being widened here. The only thing that has changed is how much malware "reputable" corporations are shipping to their customers.