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  "id": 101600,
  "title": "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)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/samsung-says-its-restricting-app-registrations-and-removing-apps-with",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T19:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers …",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRepublic",
        "title": "Samsung Will Ban Smart TV Apps Containing Residential Proxy Software",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/samsung-will-ban-smart-tv-apps-containing-residential-proxy-software",
        "published": "2026-08-04T14:56:21.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}