“Use a free proxy list,” the encrypted message had added. “Dubai nodes only.”
Then his laptop fan roared.
He navigated to the competitor’s login portal. His stolen credentials worked. He clicked through folders— Operations > Q3 > Logistics.pdf —and hit download. free proxy list dubai
A terminal window he hadn’t opened blinked to life. White text on black scrolled too fast to read. Then it stopped. Your webcam feed is now public. Your browsing history is now public. Your rent payment details from your bank in Sharjah are now public. The proxy you used belongs to us. Thank you for the logistics file. — The Real Client Karim’s blood turned to slush. He slapped the laptop shut, but the damage was done. The free proxy wasn’t a tool. It was a honeypot. The list had been seeded by the very people he was trying to steal from.
His phone buzzed. A text from an unknown number, no doubt mirroring the terminal message. He stared at the reflection of the Burj Khalifa in his window. Beautiful. Untouchable. And now, he realized, absolutely full of eyes. “Use a free proxy list,” the encrypted message had added
You are the product.
Too perfect, Karim thought.
But he was behind schedule. The Client’s deadline was dawn. He copied the IP into Firefox’s proxy settings, felt the faint click of the connection rerouting, and refreshed his browser.