Rotate through several thousand to several hundred thousand noncontiguous, geographically distributed, residential IP addresses
How are they getting residential IP addresses, compromised PCs?
How are they getting residential IP addresses, compromised PCs?
But yes, the whole cottage industry is sketchy. Almost all providers are leasing users’ computer with outright malware or shady TOS. The savvy play is to release a free game, app or even SDK which will then opportunistically route requests from the control server through the user’s device.
Recaptcha solving APIs are frequently bundled with the more reliable and premium services of this kind. They introduce a lot of latency since there’s a real mechanical turk across the world solving it for you, but they basically work.
> Monetize your mobile app or game with our SDK, without showing intrusive ads or requiring annoying subscriptions and in app purchases.
They approached nmap of all people:
> Hi,
> My name is Lior and I'd like to offer you a new way to make money off your software. The Luminati SDK provides your users the option to use your software for free by contributing to the Luminati proxy network.
> We will pay you $3,000 USD a month for every 100K daily active users.
> No collection of users' data, no disruption of user experience.
> I'd like to schedule a 15 minute call to let you know how we can start. Are you available tomorrow at 12:30pm your local time?
> Best regards,
> Lior