IP reputation doesn't seem to be much of a thing right now, but it might be the only way forward for a spyware-free web.
You can have a group of people sharing a block and collectively responding to abuse reports to slightly improve privacy. That at least shields you somewhat from the big tech firms.
Essentially a large number of virtual private micro-ISPs.
> IP reputation doesn't seem to be much of a thing right now
disclaimer: acquaintance works in the spam business. someone i tried to steer clear of, but was fascinated of what they told me.
IP reputation is a huge thing in the spam world. they pay top dollar for residential US/UK/etc IPs which they can then use for spamming others. and we're not talking one or two IPs. we're talking 100s of thousands of IPs being transacted daily globally. all for spam.
for anyone interested in seeing how low we've come, they have a huge convention in Las Vegas. one should visit it to better understand a field that has been growing like crazy but so few know it. apparently everyone is preparing for a big boom next year, with 10s of $B ready to be deployed.
IP reputation is absolutely a thing, as I understand it it's a large factor in Cloudflare deciding to put you in an infinite loop (or trigger the protection at all).
You can have a group of people sharing a block and collectively responding to abuse reports to slightly improve privacy. That at least shields you somewhat from the big tech firms.
Essentially a large number of virtual private micro-ISPs.