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title: "Why are residential proxies commonly used by bots and automation frameworks?"
type: "faq"
url: "https://docs.spur.us/knowledgebase/faqs/why-are-residential-proxies-commonly-used-by-bots-and-automation-frameworks"
category: "Fraud & Abuse Prevention"
product: "general"
publishedAt: "2026-08-07T18:29:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-12T19:30:30Z"
---

# Why are residential proxies commonly used by bots and automation frameworks?

Residential proxies help automation traffic blend into legitimate consumer traffic by routing requests through real ISP-assigned IP addresses. This makes automated activity more difficult to identify using traditional bot detection techniques that rely heavily on datacenter identification or IP reputation.