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I can’t prove it, but I live in Brazil and after getting a smart TV from LG, I started receiving challenges across all Google services, indicating they received
by drdexebtjl 3mo ago
I can’t prove it, but I live in Brazil and after getting a smart TV from LG, I started receiving challenges across all Google services, indicating they received bot traffic from my network. I only used apps from streaming services I actually paid for.
I suspect these TVs either come with residential proxies set up from the factory, or they have such poor security that they’re instantly hacked. Either way, TV manufacturers (including reputable ones like LG) are to blame.
- mikestew 3mo agoThere have been articles lately about the residential proxies loaded in apps for LG TVs. My LG has never seen a network connection, so I’m fuzzy on details.
- inigyou 3mo agoLG has been in the news just this week for a whole lot of shady practices, which cast light on their other shady practices. Yes, residential proxying is one of them. I don't think residential proxying is all that shady since groups like Cloudflare have made it a necessity. However, having it out-of-the-box on a name-brand device is extremely shady.