However, IPRoyal, which refers to internet-sharing subscribers as ' pawns,' does warn that some of the others in the market may not be so scrupulous. We also make sure all the traffic our trusted partners use is 100 per cent safe.' 'All our clients need to confirm their identity by providing their name and valid ID documents. “IPRoyal is built on three core pillars – security, safety, and privacy,' said Karolis Toleikis, CEO of IPRoyal, in a statement. The companies involved in the parceling and resale of bandwidth insist the practice is secure, and not at all used for any of the awful things that happen on the internet. 'Usage at peak times would make our bandwidth bill go up, but not by a noticeable amount.' 'Now if people monetized bandwidth from 1am to 6am, I would not see that taking from anyone, and I couldn't argue with that!' he added. 'The unused resource is more of a shared resource in a specific network segment (all segments have bottlenecks) and people who do this would be 'taking from the commons.'' 'Is a customer's 'unused' internet really theirs to share and sell?' Rucker asked. Moreover, there's the issue of whether individuals actually have any right to resell bandwidth they've bought. 'Personally, I just don't see a use case for a service that pays people to 'Share their internet' that doesn't sound like a scam,' he said. Rucker cited Tor as a service that enables anti-surveillance and anti-tracking uses that he supports. This is not about 'sharing internet via WiFi to neighbors' but rather 'let someone proxy through your link to fake your source IP' Neat idea, not worth the effort for our business.' It may be neat to be able to set up ad-hoc pings from around the globe. Do I think I'll ever use this service personally? Probably not. 'Do I agree with people selling their link to help people fake reviews, drive up fake advertisement engagement?' he said.

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