" and LLM scrapers may well have lots of CPU time available through means such as compromised machines."
It's not clear whether the author means LLM scrapers in the sense of scrapers that gather training data for Foundational Models, LLM scrapers that browse the web to provide up to date answers, or vibe coders and agents that use browsers at the bequest of the programmer or the user.
But in none of those myriad of cases can I imagine compromised machines being relevant. If we are talking about compromised machines, it's irrelevant if an LLM is involved and how, it's a distributed attack completely unrelated to LLMs.
You can buy access to proxies in residential networks - with credit card on the open internet - and they may or may not be someone's botnet (probably not, but you don't know that). I'm not aware of anyone selling running code on the device though. It's just an HTTP or SOCKS5 level proxy.
It's not clear whether the author means LLM scrapers in the sense of scrapers that gather training data for Foundational Models, LLM scrapers that browse the web to provide up to date answers, or vibe coders and agents that use browsers at the bequest of the programmer or the user.
But in none of those myriad of cases can I imagine compromised machines being relevant. If we are talking about compromised machines, it's irrelevant if an LLM is involved and how, it's a distributed attack completely unrelated to LLMs.