Google and FBI Shut Down Malicious Residential Proxy Network Installed in Millions of Smart Devices

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Google, Lumen, and the FBI have worked in lockstep to disrupt the massive malicious residential proxy network NetNut, also known as Popa, that has its claws in millions of devices.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/07/07/google-and-fbi-shut-down-malicious-residential-proxy-network-installed-in-millions-of-smart-devices/
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Best NetNut alternatives?

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Really just don’t use residential proxies.

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I doubt there’s any truly ethical ones, but I’m sure there’s no shortage of options.

There’s definitely mainstream ones that aren’t criminal, although they should be.

SMSPool resells some from someone.