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minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-215 hours agoIt was a TCL Alto 9+. A quick internet search reveals that this issue was known about at least three years ago. Another model, the 8i was reported to have a root password of “12345678” - which is partially how I got the idea to start seeing if I could gain root.
minus-square6nk06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours ago TCL The Chinese company that steals corporate secrets (I kicked a bunch of their devs once when they were trying to take pictures of prototypes and copy source code on USB keys) and send everything to China? Who would have thought.
It was a TCL Alto 9+.
A quick internet search reveals that this issue was known about at least three years ago.
Another model, the 8i was reported to have a root password of “12345678” - which is partially how I got the idea to start seeing if I could gain root.
The Chinese company that steals corporate secrets (I kicked a bunch of their devs once when they were trying to take pictures of prototypes and copy source code on USB keys) and send everything to China? Who would have thought.