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The article discusses Shenzhen Huaqiangbei being investigated for the crime of smuggling over grey-market phones (US-spec iPhones, Google Pixels, etc.), involving more than 2,000 people, and analyzes the economic and political reasons behind the end of this grey industry chain.
Chinese developers are using gray-market API proxy services to access Claude at a fraction of the official price, exploiting account farming and free credits. These proxies pose risks of data theft and model substitution, undermining Anthropic's security measures.