return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBotnet of more than 17 million devices dismantledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down14
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkBotnet of more than 17 million devices dismantledarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoI mean, it might’ve not been illegal. It was probably hidden in some T&C somewhere. That’s the trade-off. You get a free privacy proxy, they get a free residential proxy endpoint.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·5 days agoDeploying botnet software is usually always illegal, regardless of consent.
I mean, it might’ve not been illegal. It was probably hidden in some T&C somewhere. That’s the trade-off. You get a free privacy proxy, they get a free residential proxy endpoint.
Deploying botnet software is usually always illegal, regardless of consent.