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  aquariusaquarius@f.cz

  Aug 2, 2026, 3:57 AM

  @zuthal @wraptile @mattly another issue with residential proxies is that most people don’t use network segmentation at home so the proxy effectively gains access to the whole home network and its devices. Also typical home networks these days are more than just a router and a couple of computers like it used to be two decades ago.

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  wraptilewraptile@fosstodon.org

  Aug 3, 2026, 7:17 AM

  @zuthal @mattly "I can't see any legitimate use for that" your lack of basic imagination is astounding yet maybe it's just sheltered naiveté?

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  Zuthalzuthal@floofy.tech

  Aug 3, 2026, 7:19 AM

  @wraptile @mattly Then tell me, what nonmalicious use requires disguising traffic that does not come from human users as traffic that does, using people's private computers for this generally without their consent or knowledge?

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  wraptilewraptile@fosstodon.org

  Aug 3, 2026, 7:24 AM

  @zuthal @mattly I have no idea what are you even talking about with this "consent" and "private computers".

  Here's a real example though - I need residential proxies to read news from my own country because they geo lock access so my feeder can't pull it. You don't see how is that a good thing?

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