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 apps for LG (webOS) and Samsung (Tizen OS) televisions.
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- 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 apps for LG (webOS) and Samsung (Tizen OS) televisions.
Sources: Krebsonsecurity