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How Are Residential IPs Obtained for Proxies and VPNs? Is It Legal?

Oct 22, 2023

It's much smoother browsing the internet on a residential IP address -- you won't have to deal with hardly as much headaches in terms of blocked IPs, CAPTCHAs and beyond in comparison to a data center IP address. So, it's nice to be able to use a residential IP address on your VPN or proxy. But... how are these obtained? Is it legal? Ethical? Let's talk about it.

How Are Residential IPs Obtained for Proxies and VPNs? Is It Legal?

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