Security research has revealed that Bright Data, a major web-scraping proxy provider targeting the AI industry, embeds SDKs in free consumer apps that convert users' devices—including always-on smart TVs—into proxy exit nodes without clear disclosure. The company, formerly known as Luminati, operates what it claims is the world's largest residential proxy network by leveraging these consumer devic
A researcher has reverse-engineered the iOS SDK that Bright Data embeds in consumer apps and documented how it turns devices, including always-on smart TVs, into exit nodes that relay web-scraping traffic for a data business Bright Data markets heavily to the AI industry. The company, the successor to Luminati, operates what it calls the largest residential proxy network in the world,
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