Nearly Half of Apps Across LG and Samsung TV’S are Selling Your IP Address

New research found that 2,058 of 6,038 apps across the LG webOS and Samsung Tizen ecosystems included residential proxy SDKs, effectively turning smart TVs into exit nodes for third-party internet traffic. On screen, these apps look like harmless fish tanks, clocks, solitaire games, and puppies. However, under the hood, they operate as nodes in commercial […]

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