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title: "What is a residential proxy?"
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url: "https://docs.spur.us/knowledgebase/faqs/what-is-a-residential-proxy"
category: "Anonymizing Infrastructure"
product: "general"
publishedAt: "2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-11T13:03:06Z"
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# What is a residential proxy?

A residential proxy routes traffic through a real consumer device or home network — often without the device owner's knowledge — rather than a data center server, making the traffic look like it comes from an ordinary home internet connection. See our blog posts "What is a Residential Proxy?" and "Residential Proxies: The Legal Botnet Nobody Talks About" for more detail.