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georgel • yesterday at 9:13 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

There are companies that provide proxy services for scraping services, and residential proxies route through consumer networks (like Comcast) which is flagged less than a datacenter IP.

Many questionable TV streaming boxes pretend to deliver you video, but in reality they are also piggy backing on your personal ISP to power those companies.


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microcode • yesterday at 9:25 PM

Even not so questionable TV's do this too. https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks

sparkling • yesterday at 9:16 PM

>Many questionable TV streaming boxes

+ Sketchy Apps

+ Malware

+ Weird Android Variants