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LG Electronics announced it will suspend smart TV apps that were found routing unknown third parties' internet traffic through users' home connections. The proxy SDKs appeared in over 42% of apps in LG's webOS store.
LG announced it will suspend smart TV apps that routed unknown third parties' internet traffic through users' home connections. The proxy SDKs appeared in over 42% of apps in LG's webOS store.
This is a different kind of tracking than Microsoft's device ID—it's using your home network as a proxy server without your knowledge. If 42% of LG's app ecosystem contained this code, it means the practice was widespread, not an outlier. The suspension is good, but it's reactive: LG waited for the discovery to suspend the SDKs rather than preventing them in the first place. The fact that apps could route external traffic through home networks also creates security risks—your connection could be exploited for others' activities.
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