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Re:Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without get... by cute_boi on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:16AM (#29063534)
This is really bad. Imagine if someone plants these proxy inside app how user are even going to know? I think every OS should come with firewall so if app tries to make connection it should prompt with Accept | Accept Forever | Deny | Deny Forever.

I think these companies used to go for extension developer now it seems they have found new idea to implant malware on apps which is not easy to detect.

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Re:Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without get... by TedDoesntTalk on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:51AM (#29063734)
This is EXACTLY how mobile proxy companies like Luminati and OxyLabs acquire their ip address pool. They pay devs to embed a lib inside their app.
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Re:Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without get... by dzhiurgis on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:58AM (#29063765)
They hack IP cams and routers too…
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