Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers …

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