Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Are Laced with Proxies
Summary
This Spur Intelligence piece reveals that nearly half of LG webOS and Samsung Tizen TV apps embed residential proxy SDKs. It explains how these proxies turn TVs into hosts that relay user traffic, the consent models used, and platform gaps that allow monetization without clear disclosure. It also highlights security and privacy risks of local network exposure and calls for greater transparency and platform oversight.