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Not retail ISPs, but many extensions and free VPNs route VPN traffic through the connections of those who use them.
by dtech 4mo ago
Not retail ISPs, but many extensions and free VPNs route VPN traffic through the connections of those who use them.
- joxdosba 4mo agoThis isn’t correct, the residential IPs are a completely separate and vastly more expensive product.
- giobox 4mo agoOne such extension, https://www.tuxlervpn.com/faq/ https://www.tuxlervpn.com/faq/: > Will other users of tuxlerVPN be able to connect using my IP address? "When you use our free residential VPN, you automatically agree to add your IP address into the community pool. This means that you are trading your own IP address in return for the ability to connect via the IP addresses of other users. You can opt out of this by purchasing our premium subscription; once you upgrade to the premium version, your IP address will be removed from our community pool."
- joxdosba 4mo agoIt says that, but doesn’t actually do it. Just like Hola/Luminati used to. You don’t want to route the non-paying traffic through slow and valuable residential connections you can sell, you’ll rent a few fast dedicated servers to do so. Residential proxies sell for around $1/GB, nobody is running a free or cheap VPN service on that. The idea is preposterous
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- preinheimer 4mo agoI mean, most “residential proxy” providers are selling access to hacked devices, or sneaky plugins https://medium.com/@xianghangmi/resident-evil-understanding-residential-ip-proxy-as-a-dark-service-dea9010a0e29 https://medium.com/@xianghangmi/resident-evil-understanding-... Technical paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8835239 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8835239
- joxdosba 4mo agoAbsolutely, they’re selling that access. Not giving it away.