LG Is Cracking Down on Smart TV Apps that Quietly Turn Your TV Into a Secret Proxy

LG is cracking down on smart TV apps that quietly turn your TV into a secret proxy

LG says it will suspend webOS apps that secretly turn smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, after research found over 42 percent of its apps hid this feature.

LG to Ban Residential Proxies 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. Proxy SDK prevalence among smart TV a…