Samsung and LG promise to remove ‘botnet’ apps from smart TV app stores
TechRadar reports that the apps turned TVs into AI scraping machines and highlights a claim that more than 40% of webOS apps contained botnet code.
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Samsung and LG have pledged to remove malicious ‘botnet’ apps from their smart TV app stores, TechRadar reports. The outlet says the apps turned sets into AI scraping machines. It also highlights a claim—not an established finding—that more than 40% of webOS apps contained botnet code.
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