smart TVs
Coverage of smart TVs in the Nexus archive.
- Tech tip: A few ways to extend the life of your old TV
The article discusses how older smart TVs may struggle with software updates but offers options to prolong their usability. It emphasizes considering various methods to keep an old TV functional despite potential software limitations.
- 6 Reasons Why Device Code Phishing is the Fastest-Growing Threat of 2026
Device code phishing, which abuses the OAuth 2.0 device authorization grant to steal access tokens, has rapidly evolved from a niche red-team technique to an industrial-scale threat in under six months. Originally designed for input-constrained devices like smart TVs and printers, the device authorization login flow is now being exploited in a wide range of applications beyond its intended scope.
- NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut off
A joint operation involving Google has disrupted NetNut, a residential proxy network that provided access to millions of compromised Android devices, including smart TVs and streaming boxes. The disruption cut off 2 million infected devices from the network.
- Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
A researcher found that Bright Data's iOS SDK, embedded in free apps, turns devices like smart TVs into exit nodes for web-scraping traffic used by the AI industry. The company, successor to Luminati, claims to operate the world's largest residential proxy network.