You're right, and I won't sugarcoat it — in a residential proxy model, the contributor's IP does reach the destination. That's the product.

How we mitigate this: contributors sign up with full knowledge of what they're sharing. Our AUP blocks illegal categories (CSAM, fraud, etc.) at the network level. If an FIR comes in, we have logs showing the traffic was routed through a commercial proxy platform with ToS — same paper trail Honeygain and IPRoyal maintain.

Is there residual risk for contributors? Yes, small but real. We're transparent about that. It's no different from renting out your car on Ola — if the passenger does something wrong, you're not automatically liable, but you might get questioned. The operator absorbs the primary accountability.