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Your smart TV may be crawling the web for AI (opens in new tab)

Covered by 3 sources See all sources covering this story including blog.includesecurity.com, spur.us

Some TV apps let you watch programming with fewer ads, as long as you allow your TV to participate in a global proxy network.

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Covered in 4 articles

blog.includesecurity.com·

The smart TV in your living room is a node in the AI scraping economy

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spur.us·

Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs

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GeekNews·

거실의 스마트 TV는 AI 스크래핑 경제의 노드

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