• MinFapper@startrek.website
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      19 hours ago

      There are a lot of programs that try to detect VMs and other unverified environments (e.g. Google’s safety net) to deter bots and fraud.

      Buying physical devices circumvents all that

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      You buy a cheap phone. No need to pay for license, setup anything except a vpn maybe and you are good to go.

      Setting up lots of VM takes a decent computer, some licenses and a know how.

      A phone, you just start it and it connects to a VPN and your good to go.

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        But when that tech is set up… You can spin up loads of “phones”.

        I wonder if you need a sim card for each ?

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          18 hours ago

          You can always improve an operation with more complex tech and more money. At the lower levels, you can just smash a car window and grab the valuables. This is likely a basic startup. It works, makes money. Scope increase comes later.

          • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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            20 hours ago

            Compared to the last VMware GUI I saw qemu GUIs I tried seemed more accessible but for scripting the CLI is better anyways. Maybe VMware simplified it since I last saw it? I thought VMware was mostly popular for ESXi servers which qemu isn’t really comparable to, proxmox is the open equivalent I’m aware of.