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Is your smart TV a secret proxy? LG to suspend rogue apps, Samsung sets impacted too

ZDNetJuly 28, 20265 min read

One of your smart TV's apps could be relaying someone else's internet traffic. Here's how to check if you're affected.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. 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…

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