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by microcode 11d ago
The TTL for our data is 2-3 days so you can be fairly confident that it is up to date.
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by microcode 11d ago
Spur's residential proxy data is not intended to be used as a blacklist. We recommend using it as enrichment alongside other signals, not blocking an IP just because it was associated with proxy activity. More on why here: https:&#x2F
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by microcode 11d ago
I added a warning that should help with this now.
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by microcode 11d ago
Yes. You can use https://spur.us/context/<ip> where the IP is the one you want to lookup.
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by microcode 11d ago
Which proxy network(s) did you get tagged in?
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by microcode 11d ago
Try https://spur.us/context/<ip> where <ip> is the IP you want to query :)
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Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network(haveibeenproxied.com)
61 points by microcode 11d ago|39 comments
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by microcode 3mo ago
An Xbox/PlayStation controller is cheap and high quality.
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by microcode 3mo ago
You don't necessarily have to flash a custom firmware. Rooting the TV and killing the ad processes is usually sufficient.
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by microcode 3mo ago
Indeed, many of these TVs serve ads by default on their screensavers and home screens.
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by microcode 3mo ago
The experience with this is so much better. Hacking most Tuya based devices has become extremely easy when you use https://docs.libretiny.eu/ Replacing MyQ with ratgdo was one of the best IoT decisions I have ever made.
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by microcode 3mo ago
The consent screens say that they "may continue running in the background after you close the app".
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Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs(spur.us)
274 points by microcode 3mo ago|176 comments
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by microcode 5mo ago
I am struggling to see how exactly this is even considered piracy. Nobody was going to stream music in low quality off a slow AA server anyway. It's archival.
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by microcode 6mo ago
If you spoof user agent, you will get more captchas because it won't match their other fingerprinting.