Post #4000671

2026-07-22 01:12 UTC

New, exclusive, by me: LG to Ban Residential Proxy Providers 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. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg-to-ban-residential-proxies-from-smart-tv-apps/ #smarttv #lg #residentialproxies #spur #security

Replies (7)

@TycoonTom@infosec.exchange 2026-07-22 01:47

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange The smart TV📺 is likely tracking you🕵🏼‍♂️ using Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to build a viewing profile. You can know it is enabled if you see highly targeted ads on your phone📱 or computer after watching specific shows on TV. To stop✋🏼 it, you must disable ACR and voice tracking in your TV's📺 settings.

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@womble@infosec.exchange 2026-07-22 02:18

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange absolutely galaxy brain that it was ever permitted. "Dear customers, we were perfectly okay with the devices you bought in good faith stealing from you, until someone made a big enough ruckus about it." Anyway, let the whack-a-mole commence!

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@cwbussard@ioc.exchange 2026-07-22 02:38

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange We desperately need an "OpenWRT for smart TVs" -- an open-source replacement firmware that shuts down LG's fuckery and gives you real control over the system.

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@nigelsezyarr@socialbc.ca 2026-07-22 06:12

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange I'm increasingly content with keeping my HDTV from around 2010. It has three HDMI inputs and that's all I need.

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@manitius@mstdn.ca 2026-07-27 21:08

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Just don’t ever connect your TV to the Internet.

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@tubsta@social.bsdlab.au 2026-07-22 01:20

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Any plans of a cleanup on affected TVs that has this 'malware'?

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@fuzzyfuzzyfungus@cyberplace.social 2026-07-22 01:30

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Could it be true that even evil has standards?

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