On December 4, 2019 12:59:11 PM UTC, Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net> wrote:
On 04/12/2019 11:47, Mirimir wrote:
It seems that NordVPN is routing traffic to Disney+ through many residential IPv4 in the US.
This is an interesting approach, if it is true. I wonder if it's in
On 12/04/2019 04:58 AM, Comet Dweller wrote: their Ts&Cs.
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https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...it-might-be-through-your-own-computer....
Mangled URL there. Should be: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/how-is-nordvpn-unblocking-disney-it-...
Thanks :)
I neglected to cite Derek Johnson's post on the issue.[0] He cites Luminati's complaint against Tesonet,[1] which claims that OxyLabs is infringing its patents:
| 19. Upon information and belief, the OxyLabs residential proxy | network is based upon numerous user devices, each of which is | a client device identifiable over the Internet by an IP address. | Upon information and belief, these user devices become part of | the network through the execution of Tesonet code embedded in | applications downloaded by that devices user. Upon information | and belief, these devices send their identifier to a server | (“First Server”), such as Oxylab’s dedicated proxy servers, | which store these identifiers. | | 20. Upon information and belief, Tesonet has developed or is | developing OxyLabs embedded software for different platforms | including Google Android and Windows. Upon information and | belief, while frequently renamed, the above OxyLabs embedded | software that enables the residential proxy network includes | embedded code named “genericexitnode,” “winnerbot,” | “CoffeeService,” “instantcoffee,” and “ENService.”
| 21. Upon information and belief, the above OxyLabs embedded | code has been integrated in at least the following software | applications that may be downloaded by any user located | anywhere having Internet access: AppAspect Technologies’ “EMI | Calculator” and “Automatic Call Recorder”; Birrastorming | Ideas, S.L’s “IPTV Manager for VL;” CC Soft’s “Followers | Tool for Instagram;” Glidesoft Technologies’ “Route Finder;” | ImaTechInnovations’ “3D Wallpaper Parallax 2018;” and | Softmate a/k/a Toolbarstudio Inc.’s “AppGeyser” and | “Toolbarstudio.”
Maybe Oxylabs is connected with NordVPN, and maybe not. But NordVPN could be leasing residential proxies from them. Or from other firms who do similar things.
0) https://medium.com/@derek./how-is-nordvpn-unblocking-disney-6c51045dbc30 1) https://cdn-resprivacy.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Luminati-Ne...
Wow, this seems super scummy/criminal. Does any of this software mentioned, which seems to turn the users machine into a proxy, TELL the user that they their computer is being leveraged as a proxy?