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Author warns of "legal botnets" and decaying internet infrastructure

The author expresses concern over a large number of blocked IP addresses, suggesting they are linked to corrupt network interface cards or sophisticated botnets. This indicates a fundamental flaw in the internet's architecture, which may require significant changes to laws and infrastructure to address. A theory is proposed that these could be part of a "legal botnet" like "Mellowtel," which leverages user devices for scraping without consent. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a personal blog post expressing opinions and theories about internet infrastructure and botnets, lacking verifiable claims or newsworthiness.

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Author warns of "legal botnets" and decaying internet infrastructure

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    There's something horrifying that I've realized about a lot of what's been going on and why the hell do we actually have 700.000 blocked IPs, and it is that the

    There's something horrifying that I've realized about a lot of what's been going on and why the hell do we actually have 700.000 blocked IPs, and it is that these IPs barely have any relationship to eachother other than they're directly tied to corrupt NICs, or coming directly fr…