Latest articles and insights about proxies, web scraping, and internet infrastructure
Analyzing the traffic consumption of managing 20 accounts on Instagram, TikTok, and VK, and how to choose a proxy plan to avoid overpaying for unnecessary gigabytes.
On September 11, 2026, amendments to PIPA came into effect in South Korea: the penalty ceiling increased from 3% to 10% of total revenue, responsibility fell on the top executive, and users must be notified 72 hours in advance even without a confirmed leak. We analyze why the law targets foreign parsers without a legal entity in Korea, what PIPA considers personal data, and how to collect Korean prices without incurring regulatory risk.
We discuss 7 practical techniques that can reduce the parser's traffic volume by 5 times without losing quality and completeness of the collected data.
We analyze how much traffic Playwright, Puppeteer, and requests consume when scraping 1000 pages, and how to reduce proxy traffic usage without losing data.
How to calculate the number of streams per proxy port for multi-accounting, marketplace scraping, and traffic arbitrage — with specific figures and examples.
Castle Research: out of 678 verified sites in the bot and fraud ecosystem, 12.5% load fingerprinting scripts — and segment the payload by PerimeterX, Incapsula, Akamai, Adyen, and hCaptcha. Real fingerprints are traded for about $5 per thousand. Let's analyze who collects, why they pay for a "real" device, and why changing the IP doesn't solve anything here.
Has your proxy traffic bill suddenly doubled or tripled? We analyze the 9 main reasons for traffic leaks—from background tabs to autoplay videos—and provide a checklist for quick diagnosis.
Most parsers make mistakes by buying proxies "by eye" based on the number of IPs. We show the formula for calculating the proxy pool through RPS, latency, and timeouts — with code examples.
Error codes 403 and 429, as well as CAPTCHA, are not just a "ban," but a hint from the website about what type of proxy you need. We analyze each case with specific examples.
IPRoyal updated its AUP on September 14, 2026, Bright Data has required a legal entity for new residential zones since July 7 and has closed mobile proxies for new clients. We compare what six major networks prohibit, what documents are requested upon entry, and which scenarios have ended up in the gray area.