--- title: That innocent-looking game on your smart TV might be... description: Thousands of smart TV apps were found to contain proxy SDKs that silently route third-party internet traffic through users' home IP addresses. App developers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/that-innocent-looking-game-on-your-smart-tv-might-be-quietly-routing-someone-else-s-internet-traffic-hrfwxsj6a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: That innocent-looking game on your smart TV might be quietly routing someone else's internet traffic through your home | daily.dev og:description: Thousands of smart TV apps were found to contain proxy SDKs that silently route third-party internet traffic through users' home IP addresses. App developers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/that-innocent-looking-game-on-your-smart-tv-might-be-quietly-routing-someone-else-s-internet-traffic-hrfwxsj6a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HRfwXSj6A.png og:image:alt: That innocent-looking game on your smart TV might be quietly routing someone else's internet traffic through your home og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # That innocent-looking game on your smart TV might be quietly routing someone else's internet traffic through your home **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Thousands of smart TV apps were found to contain proxy SDKs that silently route third-party internet traffic through users' home IP addresses. App developers embed these SDKs as a monetization strategy, sometimes offering users an ad-free experience in exchange for vague 'bandwidth sharing' consent. Smart TVs are ideal hidden proxy hosts because they stay online continuously, hold stable home IPs, and rarely receive the same security scrutiny as computers. LG has announced a ban on residential proxy apps from its webOS store, but critics note the practice spread widely before platform oversight caught it. Users are advised to audit installed apps, remove unused ones, and be wary of any app offering to remove ads in exchange for network access. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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