Comment by miladyincontrol
15 hours ago
Almost would bet one or a few of your ISP's customers have their connections being used as residential VPNs.
I know people like to think of suspicious android box setups but even a lot of "free" apps, extensions and other such services scarily seem to do that duty these days. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but its sad how many people will use some free of cost vpn and not even think why that might be.
Yes, I have even seen mobile android games that include notices about a BrightData SDK or HolaVPN etc. where their idle bandwidth is resold.
Does the app function as a proxy? I always assumed that wasn’t possible.
Why wouldn't it be possible? As long as background network access is allowed (the default).
Honest question: Is there anything scary about this apart from lowering your ISP's reputation score?
Yes. What if your connection is used for illegal activity?