Questions to ask a provider#
- How do device owners opt in, and what are they told?
- Are they paid, and can they leave at any time?
- What limits protect them: bandwidth caps, no traffic while on cellular or battery, blocked destinations?
- Is there an acceptable use policy that is actually enforced against customers who would harm them?
Why it matters beyond ethics#
Consenting devices stay in the pool; hijacked ones disappear when the malware is removed. A consent-based pool is more stable, its addresses carry cleaner reputations, and the provider can operate in the open, publish prices and answer to authorities.
How it works at ProxShift#
ProxShift buys residential capacity only from pools whose members opt in, are paid for the bandwidth they share and can leave at any time, and enforces the acceptable use policy to protect them; the About page describes the commitment.