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Bright Data uses smart TVs for AI data scraping network

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Bright Data, a data collection firm, is reportedly leveraging smart TVs as part of its vast network of over 400 million residential IP addresses. This network is used by clients for web scraping, with traffic routed through these home IP addresses. The company's method involves an SDK, suggesting that smart TV users may unknowingly contribute to this data collection infrastructure. AI

IMPACT Highlights how consumer devices can be indirectly involved in AI data collection, raising privacy concerns for users.

RANK_REASON The article discusses a company's data collection practices and their implications, rather than a specific event like a product launch or funding round.

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Bright Data uses smart TVs for AI data scraping network

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📡 The Smart TV in Your LivingRoom Is a Node in the AIScraping Economy ｢ Bright Data is a data-collection company that sells access to what it markets as the wor

    📡 The Smart TV in Your LivingRoom Is a Node in the AIScraping Economy ｢ Bright Data is a data-collection company that sells access to what it markets as the world’s largest residential proxy network of 400M+ home IP addresses that its customers route web-scraping traffic through.…

    LINKS blog.includesecurity.com/…/the-smart-tv-i… blog.includesecurity.com/2026

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