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[โ€“] cm0002@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Right, the worst that can happen is a DDoS, you can take down a residential connection really easily. Those little consumer grade routers cannot handle much lmao

[โ€“] thantik@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

And since most residential IPs are short-lived DHCP leases, instead of permanent IPs, a simple router reset will usually get you a new IP and you're good at that point.