Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat
The author argues that US residential proxy networks pose a significant national security threat by facilitating spam and social media manipulation. The piece calls for government intervention and increased vigilance from ISPs to prevent consumer devices from being exploited.
US residential proxies are the bane of the internet. They're the major source of social media manipulation and spam. A residential proxy runs someone else's traffic through a real home internet connection, so it looks like a normal person on Comcast or AT&T. Almost no one intentionally runs one on behalf of bad actors, they've been tricked or hacked. Usually it's one of a few things:
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