Starting in October, we're going to start holding irresponsible residential proxy operators accountable, helping them change their ways so they respect both the consumers they're borrowing from and the customers who purchase their services. We're finalizing the test framework and how we want to present the data, and we're busy giving notice to the proxy operators, so they can start cleaning up as soon as possible.
We've received great support from many AVs and several residential proxies committed to being responsible. Working with them, we've updated our Residential Proxy Responsibilities whitepaper so that it explains how both consumers and customers take on unnecessary risk when they use irresponsible residential proxy services.
If you protect consumer endpoints, our test results and our active Deceptor list will help you understand which residential proxies we think are hurting your customers, and we'll give you evidence and information about the endpoints so you can block them effectively.
If you protect businesses, our test results will help you understand which residential proxies we think should be banned from being used, because they add too much risk by degrading the businesses' security posture. We hope you'll consider blocking access to these irresponsible residential proxy operators.
If you're a business that relies on residential proxies for web scraping, business intelligence, or other legitimate uses, please choose a responsible one. Stay tuned for our test results, which will give you the information to making an informed, responsible decision.