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briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

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

A Pac-Man smart TV app from Bright Data offers users the choice between viewing ads in the game or agreeing to allow their TV to serve as a residential proxy node. The image features a picture of Pac-Man celebrating, and some ghosts on the right. It says: Play Pac-Man without ads! For an ad free experience, please allow web indexing by Bright Data to use your device's free resources and IP address to download web data from the Internet. None of your personal information is collected, except your IP address. Bright Data does not track you. Bright Data may continue running in the background even after you close the app. Scan the QR code to learn more about Bright Data policy and ethical usage. Image: Spur.us.