Think twice before installing this device promising free movies
A device promising free movies comes with a hidden cost: it enrolls your home internet connection into a proxy network without explicit user awareness. Users should carefully reconsider the trade-off between free content and the security and privacy risks of sharing their network bandwidth.
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Think twice before installing this device promising free movies
A device promising free movies comes with a hidden cost: it enrolls your home internet connection into a proxy network without explicit user awareness. Users should carefully reconsider the trade-off between free content and the security and privacy risks of sharing their network bandwidth.
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