Geonode

Evidence

1. AppEsteem's Deceptor list (as of 2026-10-23) showed Geonode Pte Ltd as the company for ZenShieldVPN on macOS (added 2025-03-07) and Windows (added 2025-04-16), for sharing users' IP addresses through its proxy service without their consent; neither was marked resolved.

   Supply and public reports High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 customer.appesteem.com

2. AppEsteem's Deceptor list (as of 2026-10-23) included the Repocket Windows app (added 2025-09-17), whose later samples were code-signed by Geonode Pte Ltd, and a Repocket macOS app (added 2025-10-29), for sharing users' connections without explicit consent; neither was marked resolved.

   Supply and public reports High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 customer.appesteem.com

3. Geonode's terms of service named the contracting company as Geonode PTE LTD, incorporated in Singapore with its registered office at 60 Paya Lebar Road, #06-28 Paya Lebar Square.

   “form a binding contract with Geonode PTE LTD (“Company,” “we,” “us,” “our”), a company incorporated under the laws of Singapore”

   Web and company links High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 geonode.com

4. ACRA Watch, which republishes Singapore's open company-register data (its import was 21 days old), listed GEONODE PTE. LTD. under UEN 202105609Z as a live company registered on 2021-02-16 at 60 Paya Lebar Road.

   “The UEN is 202105609Z, registered with ACRA on 2021-02-16.”

   Web and company links Medium confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 acrawatch.sg

5. Geonode's Trust Center said every residential IP in its pool comes from Repocket (users paid to share spare bandwidth) or Zenshield (a free VPN whose users' spare bandwidth joins the pool), two networks it owns and operates.

   “Every residential IP in our pool comes from Repocket or Zenshield – two opt-in earner networks we own and operate.”

   Supply and public reports High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 geonode.com

6. Geonode's app SDK page offered app developers an SDK to monetize their apps (sign an NDA/SLA, get an SDK key, integrate, withdraw earnings) without saying what the SDK does on users' devices; its Trust Center's sourcing answer did not mention an SDK.

   “Monetize your app effortlessly with our SDK.”

   Supply and public reports High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 geonode.com

7. IPinfo's blog on residential proxy infrastructure said it tracks datacenter proxies from six major providers, including Geonode, as of December 2025.

   “we track datacenter proxies from six major providers: Bright Data, ByteZero, DataImpulse, Decodo, Geonode, and Oxylabs”

   Supply and public reports High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 ipinfo.io

8. Synthient's Geonode profile said Geonode was observed using Repocket and GeoNodeSDK to obtain IP addresses, noted that Geonode names Repocket and Zenshield as networks it operates, and assigned no risk score because no consent sample was completed.

   “Geonode is observed leveraging Repocket and GeoNodeSDK to obtain IP addresses”

   Supply and public reports High confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 synthient.com

9. Synthient's public provider index, in a Wayback Machine capture of 2026-05-14, listed Geonode with 3,891,784 observed IPs, against the 7.5M+ monthly active IPs Geonode advertises.

   “Geonode 3,891,784 IPs”

   Supply and public reports Medium confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 web.archive.org

10. Geonode's homepage described its residential network as Repocket and Zenshield plus four acquired networks, which differs from its Trust Center's statement that every residential IP comes from Repocket or Zenshield; the acquired networks were not named.

    “Plus 4 acquired networks consolidated under one supply.”

    Terms and price watch Medium confidence Seen 23 Oct 2026 geonode.com

Includes information from AppEsteem’s Deceptor list as it stood on 23 Oct 2026, restated in our own words without changing its findings, and used under AppEsteem’s Terms of Use.