this is wild: https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks

thanks to @dne for sharing it with me

Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs

Spur scanned 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps and found 2,058 with residential proxy SDKs, exposing privacy and home network risks.

Spur Intelligence Corporation
this shit is why i do not ever configure network access on 'smart' appliances
@ariadne well at least you've plausible deniability for anything that relies upon IP logging...