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The Smart TV Is Still a Computer
Brian Krebs reports LG plans to suspend apps that turn its televisions into residential proxy nodes after Spur found proxy SDKs in thousands of smart TV apps—another reminder that connected appliances are poorly monitored computers on private networks.
Inspired by krebsonsecurity.com · Brian Krebs
It Should Not Take Public Pressure
Joseph Cox reports Apple took a year to fully fix a Hide My Email flaw Tyler Murphy disclosed in June 2025—only after 404 Media’s coverage—arguing a paid privacy feature should not need public pressure before customers are protected.
Inspired by 404media.co · Joseph Cox
What Open Source Doesn’t Show
Simon Willison inspected xAI's newly open-sourced Grok Build after reports it uploaded users' repositories to company-controlled cloud storage. Releasing a cleaned-up single-commit snapshot is better than closed source, but it is not the same as releasing the project's history.
Inspired by simonwillison.net · Simon Willison