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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rothaine@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Why actually separate devices and not, like, VMs or something?
MinFapper@startrek.website 7 hours ago
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
It’s to fool any detection that look for VM
FishFace@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Good luck running iOS that way
onnekas@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
Does it need to be iOS? Can’t they use Android?
FishFace@piefed.social 7 hours ago
For some purposes, I’m sure they do. But I dunno if that’s what’s going on here.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
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.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
What license would be required? I just use qemu.
tomiant@piefed.social 6 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.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
VMWare is popular for a reason. qemu is less accessible for the non-tech people of this world.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 8 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.