Residential proxy SDKs are hiding in LG and Samsung smart TV apps

Smart TVs in living rooms run small apps that show fish tanks, clocks, solitaire games, and slideshows of puppies. A share of those apps can also send other people’s internet traffic out through the home connection. Spur Intelligence scanned 6,038 apps across LG webOS and Samsung Tizen and found 2,058 that contain residential proxy software. On LG webOS, 42.5 percent of apps carried such code. On Samsung Tizen, the rate was 26.9 percent. Across both … More → The post Residential proxy SDKs are hiding in LG and Samsung smart TV apps appeared first on Help Net Security.