Unintentional VPN
2024-12-20 19:46:21.419942+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
So my awesome ISP, Sonic, recently offered me an upgrade to 10gigabit fiber, same price I'm paying now, but $300 in one-time ONT fees. We've been a bit price sensitive lately, and it would require upgrading a bunch of hardware (I'm still using 300megabit era WiFi transceivers, my hub is only 1 gigabit, etc).
But I've been thinking about what one might use that much bandwidth for. When I was working with map data, even the bidirectional gigabit I've got now would be handy.
Turns out one application might be malware: This VPN Lets Anyone Use Your Internet Connection. What Could Go Wrong?
A free VPN app called Big Mama is selling access to people’s home internet networks. Kids are using it to cheat in a VR game while researchers warn of bigger security risks.