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The cynic in me wonders how remote access software companies are NOT in bed with governments and organized crime. Wouldn’t it just be too lucrative?

Sure, these entities may not care about YOU. But YOU provide a means of free computing power, internet connection — the means for proxying cyber attacks.

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The market for this type of device is negligible compared to the market of people who install free VPNs and mobile games that come bundled with a botnet membership.

"The means for proxying cyber attacks" are entirely commercialized, just search for residential proxy providers. They sell by the gigabyte and primarily rely on naive users and compromised devices.

The difference is that the masses don’t buy these devices, only us nerds do. We are much more likely to disconnect a device as soon as they’re found being malicious. While the masses won’t even react after being told the well is poisoned. Large slow targets are more lucrative and long lasting.

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