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jacobgoldyesterday at 8:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

There's no spying required. The NSA and ISPs can find open proxies through infiltration and report them to (e.g. [email protected]), then Comcast simply has to act on it robustly.

ISPs already deal with abuse reports like this, the system just isn't being operated comptently.


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SoftTalkeryesterday at 8:48 PM

What is Comcast going to do about it? Shut off a paying customer? Not likely.

pudgywalshyesterday at 8:22 PM

What are you talking about? These are not open proxies.

You actually think the actors that went to the trouble to surreptitiously set this infrastructure up are going to share it with everyone for free?

They are intentionally made hard to detect and access is sold to the highest bidder.

Most ISP abuse reports are routinely ignored. They might as well be a dead letter box.

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