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Smart TV residential proxy security crisis

The developments in this story so far, most recent first.

  1. Development

    Samsung bans Smart TV apps using users' internet connections for proxies

  2. · date approximate Background

    LG announced it would ban apps containing residential proxy software.

    LG announced last month that it would ban applications containing residential proxy software. This move comes amid reporting that approximately 42% of apps available on the LG app store have enlisted smart TVs into proxy networks.