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> I also don't think anyone would notice if I decided to actually provide them with the proxy service they keep requesting from my infrastructure.

If you did so, it would make for a really interesting CFAA (or your country's equivalent) case. Unless there is precedent for this kind of thing?

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I'm unaware of any precedent... I could certainly see people getting upset, but I don't think they'd have solid grounds.

The interesting thing is that I actually am considering setting up a WPAD entry on a domain where I am seeing that traffic, for my own purposes (i.e. unrelated to the random queries I am getting).

In fact, I have just as much an argument that they would be the ones with possible CFAA liability if they start using my proxy server in a way I don't intend.

The CFAA is a mess.

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