The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to halt sales of Android TV boxes and mobile devices pre-infected with malware by AllWinner and RockChip. Resold by Amazon and AliExpress, the devices pose deceptive conduct risks and connect to a click-fraud network upon internet connection. Furthermore, the malware uses buyers’ internet connections as proxies, potentially misdirecting illicit activity to them. Despite exposure, such devices are still being sold.
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