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points by lakeviewterrace 3 days ago | 0 comments
"Malware is an important part of the Internet"

> and can be used for extra anonymity

Great, so you can conduct illegal transactions and have some unsuspecting grandma take the blame and have her front door kicked in?

[–] kube-system 3 days ago
Just like Tor, encryption, VPNs, etc, there are tons of legal uses for these proxies as well.
[–] lakeviewterrace 3 days ago
People who run Tor exit nodes generally do so by choice, and know the risks implications involved.

They didn't just connect a coffee pot to their WiFi one day.

[–] kube-system 3 days ago
Not all of these networks are built via malware.

e.g. https://packetstream.io/share-bandwidth/

[–] timacles 3 days ago
"Malware is an important part of the Internet

Technically correct statement though