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VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Alphane_Moon to c/[email protected]

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[–] Alphane_Moon 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Big Mama is made up of two parts: There’s the free VPN app, which is available on the Google Play store for Android devices and has been downloaded more than 1 million times. Then there’s the Big Mama Proxy Network, which allows people (among other options) to buy shared access to “real” 4G and home Wi-Fi IP addresses for as little as 40 cents for 24 hours.

I am surprised this is legal. I have zero knowledge of the nuances of law, but there is no situation where allowing a completely random 3rd party to use your IP/network on an on-demand basis is legitimate. This is not a "grey area" (in the real sense, not in the judicial sense).

[–] 69420 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...situation where allowing a completely random 3rd party to use your IP/network on an on-demand basis...

I mean, this is kind of the entire concept of Tor.

[–] Alphane_Moon 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But Tor is explicitly designed for this sort of thing and does not have a paid access system.

Nowhere on Big Mama VPN's landing page does it say that by using their service you open your network to access by randoms.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Sounds like malware.

[–] ronalicious 7 points 1 week ago

may be a grey area technically or legally, but very sketchy as a user.

no thank you sir, I don't like it.