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Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by thot_experiment »

packetslave wrote: post #10
londons_explore wrote: post #9

We need more residential proxies, not less. I've had enough of companies saying "you're connecting from an AWS IP address, therefore you aren't allowed in, or must buy enterprise licensing". Reddit is an example which totally blocks all data to non-residential IP's. I want exactly the same content visible no matter who you are or where you are connecting from, and a robust network of residential proxies is a stepping…

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I have never interacted with a reddit employee who wasn't actively gaslighting me about the platform. Do you even use the site? I talked to a PM recently who genuinely thought the phone app was something people liked.

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by 3rodents »

direwolf20 wrote: post #12
packetslave wrote: post #10

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Have you tried it? Every new account will be shadowbanned and if it's shared you often get blank page 429. None of this was true before the API shutdown.

That’s not my experience, using various VPNs, public networks, Cloudflare and Apple private relays. A captcha is common when logged out but that’s about it, I have not encountered any shadow bans. I create a new account each week.

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

londons_explore wrote: post #20
ndiddy wrote: post #17

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If you look at the article, the network they disrupted pays software vendors per-download to sneakily turn their users into residential proxy endpoints. I'm sure that at least some of the time the user is technically agreeing to some wording buried in the ToS saying they consent to this, but it's certainly unethical. I wouldn't want to proxy traffic from random people through my home network, that's how you get legal…

> that's how you get legal threats from media companies or the police called to your house. Or residential proxies get so widespread that almost every house has a proxy in, and it becomes the new way the internet works - "for privacy, your data has been routed through someone else's connection at random".

> Or residential proxies get so widespread that almost every house has a proxy in, and it becomes the new way the internet works - "for privacy, your data has been routed through someone else's connection at random".

Is this a re-invention of tor, maybe I2P?

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

piskov wrote: post #23
packetslave wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Yes you do. Private VPS for personal VPN in Netherlands (digital ocean), then Hungary (some small local DC) — both are blocked from day one. > You've been blocked by network security. To continue, log in to your Reddit account or use your developer token. If you think you've been blocked by mistake, file a ticket below and we'll look into it.

Proton VPN sometimes (mostly?) has this issue too. It's a bit of an hit or miss in there iirc but I have definitely seen the last message of your comment.

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by JDye »

samsullivan wrote: post #7

The need for proxies in any legitimate context became obsolete with starlink being so widespread. Throw up a few terminals and you have about 500-2k cgnat IP addresses to do whatever you like.

2k IPs is not enough to do most enterprise scale scraping. Starlink's entire ASN doesn't seem to have enough V4 addresses to handle it even.

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by tokyobreakfast »

packetslave wrote: post #10
londons_explore wrote: post #9

We need more residential proxies, not less. I've had enough of companies saying "you're connecting from an AWS IP address, therefore you aren't allowed in, or must buy enterprise licensing". Reddit is an example which totally blocks all data to non-residential IP's. I want exactly the same content visible no matter who you are or where you are connecting from, and a robust network of residential proxies is a stepping…

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Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by tokyobreakfast »

londons_explore wrote: post #9

We need more residential proxies, not less. I've had enough of companies saying "you're connecting from an AWS IP address, therefore you aren't allowed in, or must buy enterprise licensing". Reddit is an example which totally blocks all data to non-residential IP's. I want exactly the same content visible no matter who you are or where you are connecting from, and a robust network of residential proxies is a stepping…

> I've had enough of companies saying "you're connecting from an AWS IP address

I run a honeypot and the amount of bot traffic coming from AWS is insane. It's like 80% before filtering, and it's 100% illegitimate.

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by dist-epoch »

direwolf20 wrote: post #15
londons_explore wrote: post #9

We need more residential proxies, not less. I've had enough of companies saying "you're connecting from an AWS IP address, therefore you aren't allowed in, or must buy enterprise licensing". Reddit is an example which totally blocks all data to non-residential IP's. I want exactly the same content visible no matter who you are or where you are connecting from, and a robust network of residential proxies is a stepping…

You can run one, something like ByteLixir, Traffmonetizer, Honeygain, Pawns, there are lots more, just google "share my internet for money" What will you be proxying? Nobody knows! I haven't had the police at my house yet. Seems a great way to say "fuck you" to companies that block IP addresses. You may see a few more CAPTCHAs. If you have a dynamic IP address, not many.

How much can you make if you run all of them at the same time?

Doesn't the ISP detect them?

Re: Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

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Post by edoceo »

hackeman300 wrote: post #18
packetslave wrote: post #10

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Try browsing from any Mullvad vpn. You will be "blocked by network security"

I use mullvad regularly & visit reddit from that connection - it works. But! You have to sign-in.
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