EFF Urges FTC to Address American Resellers of Malware on Android TV Set-Top Boxes

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.