Residential proxies are IP addresses issued by Internet Service Providers (ISP) to devices attached to a physical location. This means that every single residential proxy comes from a device that has an owner - a person who consciously chose an ISP and uses the internet for their needs.

An ISP's provided IP address goes a long way until it becomes a residential proxy. This journey should be transparent and clear to all parties involved but this is not always the case. Companies often end up using proxies that come from users who have never consciously consented to have third parties route internet traffic through their device. Using such proxies brings companies more risks than they often imagine.

Oxylabs aims to bring more transparency to the web scraping industry, so we are hosting a webinar to shed more light on residential proxy acquisition. During this webinar, the Oxylabs team will explain how residential IP addresses turn into residential proxies and discuss the risks companies are taking by utilizing unethically sourced proxies.

If you are already using residential proxies or thinking about using them, make sure to tune in and learn: