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 not the best reason because if you simply don’t install random shit on it you won’t end up sharing your network with scrapers and cybercriminals
@ariadne this is the reason you shouldn’t let your not tech-savvy family connect TV to internet tho