Articles from 2023

Not getting blocked: headers, TLS fingerprints and request pacing

A clean IP only buys you the benefit of the doubt. Most blocks we investigate come from the client — inconsistent headers, a non-browser TLS handshake or machine-like timing. A checklist, with code.

Engineering Solutions engineering 5 min read

Rotating residential proxies are live

Our second product line — a Europe-wide residential pool billed per gigabyte, with country and city targeting and sticky sessions. How the pool is sourced, how targeting works, and how to connect.

Product Product team 4 min read

Web scraping and the GDPR — what European law and case law say

Public does not mean free to use. An overview of the rules that apply to collecting data from websites in the EU — the GDPR, the database right, text and data mining exceptions and contract terms — and of the decisions that shaped them.

Regulation Legal & compliance team 6 min read