{
  "id": 96732,
  "title": "Samsung Bans Smart TV Apps That Share Users' Internet Connections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/1637257/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of Samsung smart TVs at risk of hijacking, according to new security research published on Monday. Some of these apps claim to have been installed on hundreds of millions of smart TVs in people's homes, per…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}