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Samsung Will Ban Smart TV Apps Containing Residential Proxy Software

Samsung plans to ban Smart TV apps containing residential proxy software after researchers found apps could route traffic through users’ home connections. The post Samsung Will Ban Smart TV Apps Containing Residential Proxy Software appeared first on TechRepublic .

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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) techcrunch.com

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