[spxneo]

how are platforms like reddit able to get complete list of mullvad IPs and other vpns but not residential proxies?

[jorams]

Well I don't know how many IP addresses each of Mullvad's servers have, but they list a domain name, IPv4 and IPv6 address for all of them publicly[1].

[1]: https://mullvad.net/en/servers

[adamomada]

It’s an industry now e.g. https://ipinfo.io

[spxneo]

damn this is crazy, how did they even compile all the residential proxies

im seeing it detect!!

[lbhdc]

I am not sure how they do it, but one option is setting some arbitrary threshold for number of devices fingerprinted on a single ip in a given period of time. Something like taking the average number of devices and denying access to ips that they detect ~3 sigma different devices from.

[stoniejohnson]

people use mullvad IPs maliciously -> those IPs end up on blocklists