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giancarlostoro 19 hours ago

Now that you mention it, I never used those, but I always did wonder how they do those.

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jabroni_salad 18 hours ago | parent [-]

Someone googles "free VPN" so they can watch region locked videos and now their connection is a part of that network too. They may or may not realize that this is the arrangement.

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szszrk 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Or his kid uses a free game with a lot of grinding, not knowing that the child's phone is now technically part of a botnet.

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discordance 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I would like to know more about this. Got a source?

	▲	zinekeller 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's hard to find a source that isn't paywalled, but fortunately it's covered in a paper: https://www.xiaojingliao.com/uploads/9/7/0/2/97024238/ndss21...