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These are split into either unknowing people with their computers abused like Hola, malware running proxies being sold, or otherwise. Some mobile games and chro
by dylz 6y ago
These are split into either unknowing people with their computers abused like Hola, malware running proxies being sold, or otherwise. Some mobile games and chrome extensions expose proxies also as a monetisation method.
Don't support them.
I've been contacted by several of those "SDK companies" that basically turn phones and browsers into botnet drones for $0.01 an install.
- anderspitman 6y agoDo you know of any reputable ones with a sustainable source of IPs that can be used for scraping?
- dylz 6y agoThere are no reputable ones; they are (>99,99%+ probably) all based off of unwanted adware or malware/botnet exploit installation. There are some fake ones that also commit wire fraud, fraudulent letters of authorisation and do BGP hijacking, which is arguably significantly worse.
- rdbell 6y agohttps://packetstream.io https://packetstream.io is 100% opt-in and transparent