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VPN providers won't be able to verify if a user paid for the service.
by _aizw 4y ago
VPN providers won't be able to verify if a user paid for the service.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoNot just VPN providers or other paid services. Open proxies on the internet are bad for everyone.
- _aizw 4y agoWhat are the other issues with open proxies?
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThey are usually hosted by malware installed on a vulnerable system. And if they are SOCKS proxies (vs http proxies), then they can send send spam using the IP address of the infected device.
- miohtama 4y agoCyberattacks use open proxies to amplify the attack/hide their source.
- ajross 4y agoAuthorization and access control are different problems. You can use ssh to create a auth-free SOCKS5 pipe, for example (lots of us do this every day), but that's not an "open proxy" because it's e.g. listening on ::1 or on the internal network interface, etc...