Oct 14, 2026, 4:42 PM@failedLyndonLaRouchite @jpoesen Server operators used to be able to stop bots because they came from predictable blocks of network addresses...akin to stopping people at the border with passports from specific countries. Now, however, there are these things called "residential proxies" that funnel traffic through devices that live in people's homes. Keeping with the country border analogy, it is like using a fake passport to bypass the blocks. (2/n)
Oct 14, 2026, 4:45 PM@failedLyndonLaRouchite @jpoesen Residential Proxies are being built into apps that people download to their Smart TVs, smartphones, laptops, etc. The Residential Proxies are then sold as a service to web scrapers. From the owner of the Smart TV's perspective, it might be just one web page request every few hours. From the web server's perspective, it is requests for web pages coming from everywhere...it becomes very hard to filter. (3/3)
Oct 14, 2026, 4:45 PM@failedLyndonLaRouchite @jpoesen (Does that explanation help?)
@dltj @failedLyndonLaRouchite @jpoesen proxies are being embedded into consumer devices? Do you have any sources / references? Not asking to argue, I’m genuinely curious, and of course concerned.