GuidesHow anti-bot systems work, and where a proxy tier fits
How anti-bot systems work, from vendor docs: IP reputation, TLS fingerprints, browser checks and behaviour feed one score, then a policy picks the challenge.11 min read→ComparisonsJA3 vs JA4 TLS fingerprinting, and what a proxy changes
JA3 vs JA4 TLS fingerprints compared field by field: why Chrome's extension shuffle broke JA3, how JA4 stays stable, and what a proxy changes.10 min read→GuidesPlaywright proxy setup: scopes, auth, SOCKS5, rotation and timezone
Set a Playwright proxy per browser, per context or in playwright.config. Fix 407 and SOCKS5 auth errors, rotate by context, and set timezone for geo-QA.13 min read→GuidesHow do websites detect proxies? Every layer, in order
Websites detect proxies by IP and ASN, TCP stack, TLS, headers, browser leaks and behaviour: what each layer sees, and a self-test you can run.13 min read→