Comment by SteveNuts
Is this something where end users can get paid for doing nothing other than proxying some traffic through their ISP?
Is this something where end users can get paid for doing nothing other than proxying some traffic through their ISP?
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.
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.