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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
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For the PC Monitor issue: To prevent this sort of behavior. Open Group Policy Editor Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>Device Installation Prevent automatic downloads of applications associated with device metadata = Set to Enable.
To get rid of it once installed you have to remove it from the Windows Store since it's an app, not an installed program. For me, this was not possible as there was no way presented to uninstall it in the app store. I had to do it from terminal with this command, which could vary a bit depending on the exact app version:
Remove-AppxPackage LGElectronics.LGMonitorApp_1.2606.1601.0_x86__cfnzzhwkr8z5w
You can search for it by the appx name and then use a pipe to remove the package. Then you don't need to worry about specific version numbers:
Get-AppxPackage -Name 'LGElectronics.LGMonitorApp' | Remove-AppxPackage
Keep in mind this will disable plug-and-play for other devices one plugs in.
Which is excellent, from a security standpoint, but something to be cognizant of.
store apps can also be uninstalled from the settings app.
for the first setting, it's easier to turn that and more off with o&o shutup10
Also using winget.
Tried going through this with my grandma on video call. She asked: "why is there a police group in my computer?"