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by Terr_ 1 day ago
If someone with informed consent wants to run a residential proxy, that's their right and unlikely to be a national-security problem.

When it comes to involunary proxies, those are really just one of many possible symptoms stemming from a real problem: Shitty security. (Edit: And shitty contract/privacy laws.)

Shitty security is tolerated by our markets, is is protected from fixes due to copyright law, and it is even encouraged by parts of our government that want to exploit the flaws. We will gain far more from fundamental quality-improvements than we will from whack-a-mole-ing on this symptom.

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I'd be interested in the stats showing what percentage of residential proxies have 'informed consent', and the scale of what 'informed' means beyond "included in terms and conditions".

> We will gain far more from fundamental quality-improvements than we will from whack-a-mole-ing on this symptom.

100%, but I feel like that's both true and rarely executed upon in most governments for most topics.

Where is my home router that is Lean-validated ?