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I doubt that if they sell their users as bots they will do anything about the network being used as a botnet and there is nothing you can do about it, especiall
by Gladdyu 11y ago
I doubt that if they sell their users as bots they will do anything about the network being used as a botnet and there is nothing you can do about it, especially considering the users 'responsible' won't even know what they are taking part in.
- ars 11y agoIt's not clear that part of the article is even true. They appear to just sell VPN server by the GB. I see nothing about a botnet in there, there is no traffic amplification or ability to run programs on the clients.
- cekanoni 11y agoyou obviously don't understand this :)
- yellowapple 11y agoThe point of that bit is that it's not only possible, but borderline-trivial, for a malicious application (e.g. spambot, DDoSbot, etc.) to hook into the API and flood a target using Hola users as endpoints; the article states that such an incident has already happened, and that 24-hour captchas have been instituted for all users as a result in an attempt to stifle future such attacks on 8chan.