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NooneAtAll3 5 hours ago

from what I see there are 2 solutions:

1) ban TV-proxy-as-a-service - straight up go to every representative there is and start pushing and lobbying and everything to stop spammers from distributing over non-computer devices, especially legally

2) make old commits more expensive to access than new ones. Legit users are not going to access those much, so they can pay the time. I assume diverse (unpredictable?) difficulty can also make spam pulling harder

lxgr 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> straight up go to every representative there is

In every country of the world? I think you might have a significantly easier time convincing Samsung and LG to ban this via their T&C.

_ks3e 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Good news: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg-to-ban-residential-pr...

the8472 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Only a few countries would be enough, the rest will get banned until they pass apply similar policies.

inigyou an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

3) just track down the people and arrest them. DDoS is already a felony, and residential proxies aren't untraceable to law enforcement.

johneth 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If there was a way of detecting the proxy SDKs, it would be a simple matter of banning the device. Or at least naming and shaming the apps that use them.

voakbasda 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would think that residential proxying would be illegal already, as it is a network intrusion. The trick is chasing down the offenders, proving their actions did harm, and getting them to pay. None of those steps are easy, even if there are laws to assist. Otherwise, spam would be a solved problem.

inigyou an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It isn't illegal, there is no law against "network intrusion" which is a term you just made up, and if it was a real term it probably wouldn't cover this. There are laws against things like "unauthorized access to a protected computer system".

alwa 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is it still an intrusion if the user accepted the shrinkwrap TOS of an app that trades them “free TV” in exchange for allowing that app to operate a proxy (via an “app monetization” SDK) on their network?

voakbasda 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, no one actually agrees to all of the individual terms in EULAs. That’s the first sign that the law will be nearly useless to address any aspect of these problems. It is already one-sided, and that side is not a friend to the consumer or general public.