If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time.

Being able to check is helpful.

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TacticalCoder a day ago | parent [-]

> If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time.

Flagged and then... What exactly?

If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged".

What's the use of flagging those?

When every IP is flagged, none is.

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mahboi a day ago | parent | next [-]

Mine isn't flagged. Not gonna set up a smart TV.

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TZubiri a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged".

There's a non-trivial quantity error here that makes the argument of a majority qualitatively incorrect.

It's not billions of IPs that are being used in residential proxies, it's not all smart TVs.

There needs to be a vulnerability and hacked devices OR there needs to be a very low quality and shady vendor that is offering products at too cheap prices and needs to make ends meet in order to compete at that price. Probably chinese.

This would be in the range of 1 to 100 million smart TVs. sorry for the wide range, but definitely not 1Billion or every TV.

So to the extent that the ratio of infected to non infected IPs is low, then providers can block the infected ones to a great effect.

	▲	Symbiote a day ago \| parent [-]
		Bright Data claim to have 400 million IPs. https://brightdata.com/proxy-types/residential-proxies

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ranger_danger a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I assume that eventually the flag will just become meaningless and there will be other methods of verification in use by then... because cutting off a huge chunk of your customers just isn't good business.

But for now I'm already cut off from half the internet due to endless crimeflare captcha loops... I just don't visit those sites anymore because I literally can't.