Damus
BrianKrebs profile picture
BrianKrebs
@BrianKrebs
New, exclusive, by me: LG to Ban Residential Proxy Providers from Smart TV Apps

The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one’s television into an always-on residential proxy node. The move comes less than a month after researchers found that more than 42 percent of games and other apps available for download on LG’s webOS store allow unknown third-parties to route their Internet traffic through a user’s TV.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg-to-ban-residential-proxies-from-smart-tv-apps/

#smarttv #lg #residentialproxies #spur #security
2
ṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳ · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqwf44gvmu4g6x0gwwjgrnlw0f8dxmvx7h929k057wwv8hwa8clq6se2gu7x The smart TV📺 is likely tracking you🕵🏼‍♂️ using Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to build a viewing profile. You can know it is enabled if you see highly targeted ads...
Matt Palmer · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqwf44gvmu4g6x0gwwjgrnlw0f8dxmvx7h929k057wwv8hwa8clq6se2gu7x absolutely galaxy brain that it was ever permitted. "Dear customers, we were perfectly okay with the devices you bought in good faith stealing from you, until someone made a big enough r...