Hacker News: microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=microcodeHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:23:13 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs"]]>An Xbox/PlayStation controller is cheap and high quality.

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:39:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638060microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638060https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638060<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs"]]>You don't necessarily have to flash a custom firmware. Rooting the TV and killing the ad processes is usually sufficient.

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:36:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638030microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638030https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638030<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs"]]>Indeed, many of these TVs serve ads by default on their screensavers and home screens.

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:35:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638012microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638012https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638012<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs"]]>The experience with this is so much better. Hacking most Tuya based devices has become extremely easy when you use https://docs.libretiny.eu/ Replacing MyQ with ratgdo was one of the best IoT decisions I have ever made.

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:19:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48637852microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48637852https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48637852<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs"]]>The consent screens say that they "may continue running in the background after you close the app".

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:02:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636870microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636870https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636870<![CDATA[Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs]]>Article URL: https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks

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]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:48:30 +0000https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdksmicrocodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635954https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635954<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight"]]>I am struggling to see how exactly this is even considered piracy. Nobody was going to stream music in low quality off a slow AA server anyway. It's archival.

]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:26:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783147microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783147https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783147<![CDATA[New comment by microcode in "Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March"]]>If you spoof user agent, you will get more captchas because it won't match their other fingerprinting.

]]>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:03:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611363microcodehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611363https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611363