Basically all of them are botnets, yes. They generally claim to have consent but I'm pretty sure 99% of it is "some app the user uses has it buried in a 200 page ToS"-style consent.

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m00dy a day ago | parent [-]

No, they are not. Just ask any AI.

	▲	MallocVoidstar 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The companies say they have consent because saying "yeah we'll give you access to a botnet" is illegal. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dis... >These SDKs, which are offered to developers across multiple mobile and desktop platforms, surreptitiously enroll user devices into the IPIDEA network. If I install an app with a big ToS and buried in there is "we use third-party monetization SDKs" and buried in there is "welcome to our botnet" they do not actually have my consent.