All it would really take is someone accidentally downloading a computer virus or whatever, which is a very common thing that happens, and then that computer virus runs locally on your computer and your network. Then that virus pulls from lists of illicit or illegal sites and sources, creating internet traffic between your own computer and such sites. It's really not that hard to imagine a way this could happen. It doesn't need VPN access or compromised ISPs or anything.
Very true. That type of connection (sending/tunneling traffic) is basically how a configured VPN works. But I see your perspective, using your computer as a node where your computer downloads everything first and sends it off elsewhere
I mean what difference would it make if the browser itself was hidden in the virus itself? ie HttpClient… make a bunch of connections, do some downloading here and there… suddenly you have someone going “That’s not mine, how did it get there?!”
All it would really take is someone accidentally downloading a computer virus or whatever, which is a very common thing that happens, and then that computer virus runs locally on your computer and your network. Then that virus pulls from lists of illicit or illegal sites and sources, creating internet traffic between your own computer and such sites. It's really not that hard to imagine a way this could happen. It doesn't need VPN access or compromised ISPs or anything.
Very true. That type of connection (sending/tunneling traffic) is basically how a configured VPN works. But I see your perspective, using your computer as a node where your computer downloads everything first and sends it off elsewhere
I mean what difference would it make if the browser itself was hidden in the virus itself? ie HttpClient… make a bunch of connections, do some downloading here and there… suddenly you have someone going “That’s not mine, how did it get there?!”
sounds like some Chromium in action u/#Fire