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Ha, is it just me or does a “residential proxy network” sound like a fancy way of saying “botnet”?
by kennyadam 1mo ago
Ha, is it just me or does a “residential proxy network” sound like a fancy way of saying “botnet”?
- m00dy 1mo agoNope, they’re different things. Proxy networks like Proxybase [0] use open-source clients and ask for the user’s consent before allowing them to join the network. [0] https://proxybase.xyz https://proxybase.xyz
- MallocVoidstar 1mo agoBasically all of them are botnets, yes. They generally claim to have consent but I'm pretty sure 99% of it is "some app the user uses has it buried in a 200 page ToS"-style consent.
- m00dy 1mo agoNo, they are not. Just ask any AI.
- MallocVoidstar 1mo agoThe companies say they have consent because saying "yeah we'll give you access to a botnet" is illegal. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dis... >These SDKs, which are offered to developers across multiple mobile and desktop platforms, surreptitiously enroll user devices into the IPIDEA network. If I install an app with a big ToS and buried in there is "we use third-party monetization SDKs" and buried in there is "welcome to our botnet" they do not actually have my consent.
- stymaar 1mo agoIt's the "legal version" of botnets, yes.