Samsung's smart TVs were secretly renting out your Wi-Fi to strangers
Samsung is banning smart TV apps, including a beloved Editor's Choice Pac-Man game, after researchers found they contained hidden code turning TVs into 'residential proxy' exit nodes: quietly letting strangers route their internet traffic through your home connection, even when the app was closed. LG made a similar move last month after finding 42% of its app store riddled with the same code. The apps look like harmless shells but secretly load remote content you can't see, meaning what got reviewed isn't what's actually running, potentially exposing millions of households to cybercrime liability they never signed up for.
Nothing says 'smart TV' like unknowingly renting your Wi-Fi to a stranger for their sketchy internet business.