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LG is cracking down on apps that quietly turn smart TVs into residential proxies.
Your device could be routing residential traffic without your explicit consent.
Research shows the problem might be more widespread than we realized.
Do you own a smart TV? One of your apps could be serving as a relay for someone else's internet traffic.
Now, tech giant LG has pledged to stop app developers that are quietly using customer TVs as residential proxies, and plans to suspend apps that fail to comply.
The decision, as reported by KrebsOnSecurity, stems from cybersecurity firm Spur's finding that nearly half of LG apps available to consumers were laced with proxy code.
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The problem is not limited to LG; Samsung's Tizen operating system is also being targeted by proxy app developers.
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