Proxy Orbit
Security and privacy
proxy api
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.47.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Charging for access to open proxies found on the web is disingenuous and fraudulent
From 2 comments
“We continually search the web for open proxy servers and save the working ones into our database.” They’re charging for access to other people’s open proxies, without the other…
kevinbowman on HN"Free" proxies are mostly misconfigured corporate private proxies or malware. Reselling them feels even more fraudulent than using them.
k1e on HN
Using unvetted open proxies is a security and confidentiality risk (possible MITM)
From 1 comment
And potentially dangerous, right?. What's stopping me from creating a bunch of MITM proxy servers and just waiting until someone using this service rotates to mine? From the…
0xdeadb00f on HN
Proxy checking methods are unclear and do not verify security
From 1 comment
And potentially dangerous, right?. What's stopping me from creating a bunch of MITM proxy servers and just waiting until someone using this service rotates to mine? From the…
0xdeadb00f on HN
No IPv6 support
From 1 comment
The website does not support IPv6, so I am guessing there are no IPv6 proxy servers either.
chaz6 on HN
Requests
Support for IPv6 proxies
From 1 comment
The website does not support IPv6, so I am guessing there are no IPv6 proxy servers either.
chaz6 on HN
Support for other services besides Twitter
From 1 comment
`&twitter=true` what about the other services? i wounder why one whould not just use domain names instead of going through the hassle of using a short name mapper?
yellowsir on HN
Questions
What are the advanced proxy checking algorithms and how do they verify security?
From 1 comment
And potentially dangerous, right?. What's stopping me from creating a bunch of MITM proxy servers and just waiting until someone using this service rotates to mine? From the…
0xdeadb00f on HN
Why use a short name mapper instead of domain names?
From 1 comment
`&twitter=true` what about the other services? i wounder why one whould not just use domain names instead of going through the hassle of using a short name mapper?
yellowsir on HN