FBI Probes Whether Alarum Unit Is Behind Co-Opted Home Devices
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Residential IPs are now an enterprise-grade obfuscation asset—if the FBI case holds, “consumer devices as covert proxy network” becomes a mainstream risk model. Any product that installs a network client on user hardware needs a fresh legal, reputational, and supply-chain review, not just a security scan.
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