Comment by tobyjsullivan
Comment by tobyjsullivan 10 hours ago
No kidding. AWS's notoriously expensive data transfer is only $0.09/GB. Who's charging $2.50/GB? Are they running on a cellular SIM with no data plan?
Comment by tobyjsullivan 10 hours ago
No kidding. AWS's notoriously expensive data transfer is only $0.09/GB. Who's charging $2.50/GB? Are they running on a cellular SIM with no data plan?
The end user typically has their device compromised by using free apps where the developers were bribed $$$ to add the proxy "SDK". The botnet operator then rents out the bandwidth at exorbitant rates to anyone who will pay for it.
Chrome extensions are also a huge source of this, they look for extensions with a large install base and then make an offer to buy it to turn all the users into proxies.
Sure, if you want a whole bunch of legitimately malicious traffic to be attributed to your internet account.
If by “some” traffic you mean botnets, sneaker and ticket scalpers, scammers, content scrapers, credential stuffers … generally scummy stuff, sure.
Based on this blog post I would not do any business with Skyvern, if they indeed do business with this underworld of bottom feeders.
Residential rotating proxy providers charge very high rates for data, on the order of $1 - $10 per GB. (These providers often do run their proxies through the cellular network, actually.)