proxy

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Every year millions of dodgy apps and cheapo internet-connected devices ship with an unadvertised back door called residential proxy software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

And Kimwolf’s creators had figured out a way to hack residential proxy software on a grand scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Another tell may come from the VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, which was launched in January 2008 and used the Dow Jones Coal Index as a proxy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

So Carpino, as a proxy for Moreno, was booed loudly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

I enlisted Verna, my law school friend, to go by when she could, as a sort of proxy for me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama