> Think of “residential proxies” this way: 1.) Oxylabs installs some malware on to a user’s device, unknown to the user, by bundling it with other software that

> Think of “residential proxies” this way: 1.) Oxylabs installs some malware on to a user’s device, unknown to the user, by bundling it with other software that the user downloads. 2.)This malware enables Oxylabs to sell off your bandwidth, your computing power, and your IP address to third parties, who will route their internet traffic through your device. There's so many providers doing something similar, it really isn't a Oxylabs / NordVPN exclusive issue. - https://luminati.io/residential_ips https://luminati.io/residential_ips - https://www.geosurf.com/blog/what-are-residential-proxies/ https://www.geosurf.com/blog/what-are-residential-proxies/ - http://stormproxies.com/residential_proxy.html http://stormproxies.com/residential_proxy.html - https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/residential-proxies/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/residential-proxies/ - https://multilogin.com/proxy/ https://multilogin.com/proxy/ - https://smartproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-residential-proxies-network https://smartproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-residential-proxies-ne... Based on my understanding it's people having free apps they want to monetize. They then implement a proxy company's SDK which enables this traffic sharing and get paid by them.