Now people also need to stop buying those Chinese streaming boxes filled with IPTV piracy channels. They do the same thing and most likely worse things. Samsung can only control the apps installed on their TVs.
At the end of 2025, analysts examined several models of the popular SuperBox device available from major retail stores and online marketplaces. The findings were deeply concerning: immediately upon powering up, the devices began pinging the servers of the Chinese messaging app Tencent QQ, as well as the Grass proxy service — effectively renting out the owner’s internet bandwidth to third parties.