Samsung follows LG in killing Smart TV apps that rent out your internet

TL;DR Security researchers discovered that popular Samsung TV apps (like Pac-Man) secretly contained residential proxy SDKs from data brokers like Bright Data. Samsung is officially banning proxy SDKs, halting new app submissions, and purging existing offending apps from its store. The enforcement follows LG’s similar crackdown after research revealed over 42% of webOS apps secretly shared home bandwidth.