Samsung has banned some of the smart TV apps that exposed users details
Last Updated: 2026-08-04 10:36:58
Smart TVs need apps like your phone and Samsung is taking action on some of the culprits that are allegedly leaking user data with strangers. The company has been informed about apps through a detailed report that were running on its smart TVs and secretly said to be sharing the internet connection details of the users with third-party entities.
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Samsung banned smart TV apps.- Apps exposed user details and internet data.
- Millions of smart TVs are at risk.
The trouble with these apps is that millions of smart TVs have already installed them and that puts most of the users with the big screens at risk in case hackers want to target them.
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Your smart TV becomes spying tool
The research study cites a Pac-Man game that runs on Samsung TVs and leaves many vulnerable if exploited. Most of these smart TV apps run a code that handles the web traffic source for the user from the big screen and these networks can worryingly become a vehicle for digital hacks.
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When you use a smart TV with these apps to watch your favourite shows or movies, you unknowingly make it into a channel through which the web traffic can be tracked.
Samsung isn’t the only manufacturer worried about this loophole with apps on smart TVs. LG had taken a similar stance with apps earlier this year, banning some of the developers who were found guilty of covert actions that can easily be exploited and leave people vulnerable to intrusion and data theft to some extent.
Smart TVs are popular and available across brands so it is unlikely that only Samsung and LG are affected by these tracker apps and people will need to be mindful of how and what apps they install on their TVs.
As dangerous as phones
Most of the smart TVs run on platforms like Google TV (Android TV in new avatar), Tizen OS and webOS among others. You have them based on the Linux kernel that allows you to run most of the popular mobile apps on the big screen.
So the same threats faced by smartphones are mirrored by smart TVs and multiple research firms have confirmed these concerns which makes using the smart TV safely as important as being mindful of installing apps on your phone and the permissions you give them.