<story><title>FreePN: Open-source peer-to-peer VPN service</title><url>https://www.freepn.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>oefrha</author><text>&amp;gt; I can&amp;#x27;t imagine many of the owners of those IPs know what they&amp;#x27;re being used for.&lt;p&gt;They don’t. For instance, Luminati, possibly the best known player in this market, uses HolaVPN users as exit nodes.[1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.trendmicro.com&amp;#x2F;vinfo&amp;#x2F;hk-en&amp;#x2F;security&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;cybercrime-and-digital-threats&amp;#x2F;shining-a-light-on-the-risks-of-holavpn-and-luminati&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.trendmicro.com&amp;#x2F;vinfo&amp;#x2F;hk-en&amp;#x2F;security&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;cybercr...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>anderspitman</author><text>I have a project I want to do that would involve a lot of YouTube scraping. But they&amp;#x27;ll throttle you if they detect it. This led me down the rabbit hole into the world of residential proxy services. Some of them[0] advertise up to 40 million IPs. I can&amp;#x27;t imagine many of the owners of those IPs know what they&amp;#x27;re being used for.&lt;p&gt;It would be cool if there was a reputable open source project that would let people share&amp;#x2F;buy residential proxy usage, but at the end of the day there&amp;#x27;s no way to guarantee people aren&amp;#x27;t doing horrible things with your IP.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smartproxy.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smartproxy.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dessant</author><text>I was approached by Luminati on Twitter to turn my browser extensions into exit nodes, they are enticing developers to exploit users.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;EbT96an.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;EbT96an.png&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>FreePN: Open-source peer-to-peer VPN service</title><url>https://www.freepn.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>oefrha</author><text>&amp;gt; I can&amp;#x27;t imagine many of the owners of those IPs know what they&amp;#x27;re being used for.&lt;p&gt;They don’t. For instance, Luminati, possibly the best known player in this market, uses HolaVPN users as exit nodes.[1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.trendmicro.com&amp;#x2F;vinfo&amp;#x2F;hk-en&amp;#x2F;security&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;cybercrime-and-digital-threats&amp;#x2F;shining-a-light-on-the-risks-of-holavpn-and-luminati&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.trendmicro.com&amp;#x2F;vinfo&amp;#x2F;hk-en&amp;#x2F;security&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;cybercr...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>anderspitman</author><text>I have a project I want to do that would involve a lot of YouTube scraping. But they&amp;#x27;ll throttle you if they detect it. This led me down the rabbit hole into the world of residential proxy services. Some of them[0] advertise up to 40 million IPs. I can&amp;#x27;t imagine many of the owners of those IPs know what they&amp;#x27;re being used for.&lt;p&gt;It would be cool if there was a reputable open source project that would let people share&amp;#x2F;buy residential proxy usage, but at the end of the day there&amp;#x27;s no way to guarantee people aren&amp;#x27;t doing horrible things with your IP.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smartproxy.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smartproxy.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bscphil</author><text>This is said way too often, but in this case I think it&amp;#x27;s justified - I &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; don&amp;#x27;t understand how this is legal. Doesn&amp;#x27;t using a non-consenting person&amp;#x27;s computer and network resources for your own purposes meet the definition of &amp;quot;hacking&amp;quot; in most jurisdictions?</text></comment>