[polotics]

oh yeah I was horrified recently starting up a "smart TV" and going through the installable apps to find a lot of repackaged youtube contents, even from creators I like, eg. a chess channel. The app just provides the same content as the youtube channel does but at the bottom of the long free-to-use license agreement there is a weirdly worded clause that says you grant the app the right to act as a proxy for partner traffic... So many smart TV users are unwittingly providing residential IP's for the app developer to rent out.

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Yeah, it's a disgrace. 'bUt YoU AgReeD tO iT So I HaVe The RIGht To Do ThIS' it's just cyber warfare.

Plain and simple.

[polotics]

Sorry I had forgotten who it was. Now time to name and shame: the culprit calls itself https://brightdata.com/ Also LG relying on the developer's own disclosure for what they call "Data Sefety" is really poor: "There is no relevant information provided by the developer" is all the app reports in the LG app store... Also no way to rate or report the app, I only found a mention that I shouldreport this to [e-mail]

[polotics]

So that there's a trace on the Internet on how seriously LG takes the social engineering going on with oblivious Smart-TV users to enable creation of residential-proxy armies, I did report the BrightData apps to LG at the right email address, and received this useless reply:

Apps Support 02:49 (9 hours ago) to me

Dear valued user,

Hello. This is your LG webOS "Report an App" Service Representative

Apps (LG Store, Below: Apps) is an open-market service that enhances the user experience in LG smart media products. Customers can download and use apps in a variety of categories, including education, entertainment, life, news, etc.

With Apps, customers can download the apps of their choice using the app recommendations, search, or browse features.

Apps that are available in Apps are registered after going through a verification according to LG's process.

And the registered app will be applied on the terms of conditions form the app supplier’s own policy.

If you have any further inquiries regarding the inconvenience, please contact app supplier Customer Support E-Mail

- [e-mail]

Thank you for using LG webOS, and we will continue to strive for better services for our customers.

Thank you.

LG webOS "Report an App" Service Representative