{"rewrite":{"id":"r_309a74fb8d4748e96d4aa902","clusterId":"c_7e5b68ca6e0bc2e4c4959de8","slug":"smart-tv-apps-found-using-home-connections-as-proxies-without-clear-consent","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Smart TV Apps Found Using Home Connections as Proxies Without Clear Consent","summary":"A security firm surveyed over 6,000 LG and Samsung smart TV apps and found proxy SDKs in more than a third of them. These SDKs route other people's internet traffic through users' home connections, often without meaningful consent, and some lack protections against local network access.","whyItMatters":"The finding reveals a widespread monetization model for smart TV apps that turns home internet connections into proxy nodes, raising privacy and security risks that platform policies have not addressed.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSpur Intelligence Labs examined 6,038 apps from LG\u0026#39;s webOS and Samsung\u0026#39;s Tizen app stores and found residential proxy SDKs in 2,058 of them. The SDKs, provided by companies including Bright Data, Massive, Honeygain, and Oxylabs, make traffic appear to come from a home connection. Some apps appeared to be designed solely as containers for running the proxy, with no other function. Consent screens in some cases allowed the proxy to continue running after the app was closed. Samsung Tizen apps offered an ad-free experience if users accepted Bright Data\u0026#39;s use of their connection. Amazon and Roku explicitly prohibit third-party proxy services in their app stores, but no equivalent policies were found for LG or Samsung.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Security firm Spur Intelligence Labs found proxy SDKs in 2,058 of 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps. The SDKs route others' traffic through home connections. Some apps lacked blocklists for local network access. Amazon and Roku ban the practice; LG and Samsung do not.","twitterPost":"Spur Intelligence Labs found proxy SDKs in 2,058 of 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps. The SDKs route others' traffic through home connections. Some apps lacked local network protections. Amazon and Roku ban the practice; LG and Samsung do not.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A security firm surveyed over 6,000 smart TV apps and found that more than a third contain proxy SDKs that use home internet connections to relay other people's traffic. Some apps lacked protections against local network access. Amazon and Roku prohibit the practice, but LG and Samsung have no equivalent policies.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260623-smart-tv-proxy-sdk/\",\"title\":\"Survey Reveals Smart TV Apps Embedded with Proxy SDKs That Route Others' Traffic Through Home Connections\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4169,"outputTokens":567,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782211713,"createdAt":"2026-06-23T10:37:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-23T10:40:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-23T10:40:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7e5b68ca6e0bc2e4c4959de8","canonicalTitle":"スマートTVアプリに他人の通信を自宅回線経由で流すプロキシSDKが大量に埋め込まれていたとの調査結果","representativeArticleId":"a_fcc4808f8c84ccf47397ac37","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-23T10:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-23T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-23T10:40:25.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260623-smart-tv-proxy-sdk/","title":"スマートTVアプリに他人の通信を自宅回線経由で流すプロキシSDKが大量に埋め込まれていたとの調査結果"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["A security firm surveyed 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps and found residential proxy SDKs in 2,058 of them.","The SDKs, from companies including Bright Data, Massive, Honeygain, and Oxylabs, route other people's internet traffic through users' home connections.","Some apps appeared to be designed solely as containers for running the proxy, with no other function.","Samsung Tizen apps offered an ad-free experience if users accepted Bright Data's use of their connection.","Amazon and Roku explicitly prohibit third-party proxy services in their app stores, but no equivalent policies were found for LG or Samsung."]}