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There have been a number of Chrome extensions which monetize by selling your bandwidth to provide this kind of service. Not ethical but probably not a compromis
by robjan 5y ago
There have been a number of Chrome extensions which monetize by selling your bandwidth to provide this kind of service. Not ethical but probably not a compromise.
- oefrha 5y agoBrowser extensions, and VPNs. Notably, Luminati was allegedly selling HolaVPN users as exit nodes. https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hk-en/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/shining-a-light-on-the-risks-of-holavpn-and-luminati https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hk-en/security/news/cybercr...
- dstick 5y agoThis is not alledgedly but very much true. I was in the proxy business for a few years and in talks with the Luminati people to white-label their product for a very specific type of proxy. It’s such a weird field to be in. It’s not illegal by definition of law, but you’re definitely in shady territory, with most of the customers being of the “get rich quick” persuasion. Or at the very least trying to cut corners. One way or another, they were not playing by the rules ;-)
- Scoundreller 5y agoAlso the economic basis of a lot of "cell-phone farming".