Is your smart TV a secret proxy? LG to suspend rogue apps, Samsung sets impacted too
Tech Home Tech Security Is your smart TV a secret proxy? LG to suspend rogue apps, Samsung sets impacted too One of your smart TV's apps could be relaying someone else's internet traffic. Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing WriterContributing Writer July 28, 2026 at 8:37 a.m.
- ▪Tech Home Tech Security Is your smart TV a secret proxy?
- ▪LG to suspend rogue apps, Samsung sets impacted too One of your smart TV's apps could be relaying someone else's internet traffic.
- ▪Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing WriterContributing Writer July 28, 2026 at 8:37 a.m.
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Tech Home Tech Security Is your smart TV a secret proxy? LG to suspend rogue apps, Samsung sets impacted too One of your smart TV's apps could be relaying someone else's internet traffic. Here's how to check if you're affected. Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing WriterContributing Writer July 28, 2026 at 8:37 a.m. PT LG/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways 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.
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