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I find these claims extremely dubious. Everything they claim the Pi is needed for can be accomplished without the equipment and postage costs with a purely soft
by larkeith 8y ago
I find these claims extremely dubious. Everything they claim the Pi is needed for can be accomplished without the equipment and postage costs with a purely software solution; The hardware allows them to monitor all traffic and avoid antivirus/firewalls. Moreover, I doubt it is difficult to find mass-market Facebook accounts for much less than $15/month - it is far more likely that, given the hardware allows them unfettered access to all network traffic, it is designed to report back as much data as possible, ideally including plaintext passwords and banking information.
- jedieaston 8y agoIn this case, having a distributed botnet of Pis at people's houses would make sure you didn't get IP blocked by Facebook, since there are also legitimate users at that IP. Facebook probably would not block it, and even if it did unplugging and plugging back in the modem is enough for most residential gateways to get a new external IP.
- zhobbs 8y agoThe hardware gives a better guarantee of botnet uptime though. If you want it to be powered on and attached to that network 24/7, you can't rely on their laptop/desktop.