This is how most of those "Residential IP" proxy services work:
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/us-sanctions-operators-of-free-vpn-that-routed-crime-traffic-through-user-pcs/
Earlier work:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8835239
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2024-05-29 02:35:38
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