Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers

Security research by Mnemonic found multiple Samsung Smart TV apps—including an Editor's Choice Pac‑Man game—contain residential proxy (resproxy) code that can turn TVs into always-on exit nodes for outsiders. The code (linked to Bright Data) can be dormant until user consent or activated remotely, enabling large-scale scraping and hiding malicious activity behind ordinary residential IPs; Samsung has moved to ban and remove apps with this functionality.