A static residential proxy presents a stable home broadband address so automated traffic can resemble an ordinary household connection.
The address comes from a consumer provider and stays put, unlike a pool that changes on every request.
How it works
Buyers hope a site will treat the traffic as a home user rather than as a data center.
Legitimate testers also use a stable home address to see what a region shows a household.
The address type alone is weak evidence of a human being.
Account history, behavior, and a cost on automated actions still have to do the real separation.
Concrete examples
- A tester views prices shown to home users in one city through a stable residential address.
- A collector keeps the same home address for days so data center limits do not apply.
- A signup farm presents many stable home addresses that look like separate households.
Protective measures
- Do not treat a residential address by itself as proof that a person is present.
- Watch for many new accounts that behave alike behind home style addresses.
- Tie sensitive actions to the history of the account, not only to the network.
- Challenge automated patterns even when the address looks domestic.