[atlas] Private Probes: What's the Point

Hi All,

I've run into a few probes marked private, and when I've found & asked the
owners, they didn't realise they'd done anything restrictive or harmful to
researchers by marking their probes private.

Intrigued at this phenomena, I had a look at the probe metadata. Right now
I think there are 1,534 Atlas probes that are active and connected to the
network, but marked private.

What's the point of having private probes in the network? Do their hosts
still earn credits they can use on public probes? Should they be? Are
private probe hosts helping the project?

The FAQ says nothing about private probes, so I thought I would ask here.

Thanks,

Jon
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