| ▲ | vlovich123 10 hours ago |
| > Some users may knowingly install this software on their devices, lured by the promise of “monetizing” their spare bandwidth. Sounds like they’re targeting networks even if the users are ok participating in, precisely what you’re saying is ok. As for malware enrolling people into the network, it depends if the operator is doing it or if the malware is 3rd parties trying to get a portion of the cash flow. In the latter case the network would be the victim that’s double victimized by Google also attacking them. |
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| ▲ | wmf 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Users are OK with acting as proxies because they don't understand all the shady stuff their proxy is being used for. Also consumer ISPs generally ban this. |
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| ▲ | chii 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | But then would you make the same arguments for running a tor node (presumably, you don't know what shady stuff is there, but you know there's shady stuff)? | | |
| ▲ | Spooky23 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Running a tor node is pretty stupid from a liability perspective, but at least you have more deniability and you are making an informed choice. These residential proxies are pretty much universally shady. I doubt most of the users understand what they are consenting to. | | |
| ▲ | sitzkrieg 8 minutes ago | parent [-] | | tor nodes are zero risk as long as they're not an exit been running nodes since 2017 on two providers and zero issues |
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| ▲ | jraph 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That's totally something you should consider, even if you decide for running the tor node anyway in the end. |
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| ▲ | iammrpayments 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | You could say the same about google’s terms of service. | | | |
| ▲ | JasonADrury 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Why would the users care either way? | | |
| ▲ | jraph 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Some people care about ethics, and try to avoid doing bad stuff, or helping the bad stuff. | | |
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| ▲ | xhcuvuvyc 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > These SDKs, which are offered to developers across multiple mobile and desktop platforms, surreptitiously enroll user devices into the IPIDEA network. ? |
