Here is a new depth of tech-nasty that I had never heard of before. The unstoppable force of technical and scientific progress based on (mainly) good intentions, is met head on by the unmoveable obstacle of human greed and destructiveness solely motivated by criminal intentions.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network
I can't be surprised at the revelation, though I am a touch surprised at how much this issue is completely hidden from tech-muggles who, unfortunately, can have this explained and would be none the wiser and not take any precautions.

