This keeps happening because somewhere along the line we decided every object needed to be online. Samsung’s banning these proxy apps, which is good, but the real problem is that a TV app could even do this in the first place.
It makes me think about all the other devices sitting in homes right now that probably have similar vulnerabilities nobody’s found yet. A refrigerator that can talk to the internet doesn’t need to do that. A TV definitely doesn’t.
source: Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users' internet connections with strangers | TechCrunch
