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Step-by-step proxy and web-scraping guides from HProxy: setup walkthroughs, config and code you can copy, each one written and tested by hand.
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Anonymous Proxy Detected: What It Means and How to Fix It
Anonymous proxy detected means a site found your address on a list of proxies, VPNs or relays. Why it happens, what we measured, and the fixes in order.
October 22, 2026 · 9 min read
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Buy a Residential Proxy for the UK: Networks, Uses and Prices
Buy a UK residential proxy: which networks British addresses come from, what a UK address changes, why free UK proxies fail, and what it costs per GB.
October 22, 2026 · 5 min read
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Buy a Residential Proxy for the USA: Networks, Uses and Prices
Buy a US residential proxy: which networks American addresses come from, what a US address changes, why free US proxies fail, and what it costs per GB.
October 22, 2026 · 5 min read
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Cloudflare 403 Forbidden: What Blocked You and What to Do
A 403 from a site behind Cloudflare is one of five answers: a challenge, a block page, a numbered error, the site's own refusal or a bare edge error. How to tell which one you got, who can fix it, and what our test of 140 Cloudflare sites showed.
October 22, 2026 · 13 min read
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Private and Dedicated Residential Proxies, Explained (2026)
What sellers mean by private and dedicated residential proxies, why a rotating pool is shared by design, and what a dedicated address costs, read October 22, 2026.
October 22, 2026 · 7 min read
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500 Internal Server Error through a proxy: who returned it and how to fix it
A 500 through a proxy comes from the website, the proxy or a gateway. How to tell which from the tunnel step, curl's words and the headers, and how to fix it.
October 11, 2026 · 8 min read
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How to create a proxy server: Squid, 3proxy and when to buy instead
Create your own proxy server with Squid or 3proxy: the setup, a login, SOCKS5, and the default headers that tell every site your address, tested on our server.
October 11, 2026 · 7 min read
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How to hide your IP address: five methods compared by what they actually hide
A proxy, a VPN, Tor, iCloud Private Relay or another network: what each one hides, from whom, and four leaks we measured that still give you away.
October 11, 2026 · 8 min read
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League of Legends IP ban explained: what Riot bans and what a new IP does not fix
Riot documents no IP ban for League of Legends. What it bans instead, from accounts to your PC (error VAN 152), how to tell which you have, and how to appeal.
October 11, 2026 · 9 min read
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Steam regional pricing: how it works and what Steam's rules say about region changes
Steam regional pricing from Valve's own papers: 37 currencies, a regional dollar price in 41 countries, who sets each price, and what Steam says about VPNs.
October 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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Valorant IP ban explained: what Riot bans and what a new IP does not fix
Riot documents no IP ban for VALORANT. Its real penalties, from queue timers to hardware bans for cheating (VAN 152), why a new IP does not help, and appeals.
October 11, 2026 · 7 min read
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415 Unsupported Media Type error: causes and fixes
A 415 means the server will not accept the body in the format you sent it. See which Content-Type your client really sends, and the one-line fix for requests, curl and fetch.
October 10, 2026 · 6 min read
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Amazon CAPTCHA explained: why Amazon asks and how to stop seeing it
Amazon shows three different checks: a text CAPTCHA, a continue-shopping robot check and an AWS WAF JavaScript challenge. What each reads and what fixes it.
October 10, 2026 · 8 min read
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Cloudflare error 520: what it means and how to fix it
Cloudflare error 520 means the site's own server answered Cloudflare badly. The causes Cloudflare lists, what a visitor can do, and what the owner must check.
October 10, 2026 · 7 min read
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Discord IP ban explained: how it works, how long it lasts and what to do
Discord says server bans are based on IP addresses, while its own suspensions are tied to accounts. How each ban works, how long it lasts and what to do.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
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Facebook session expired error: why it happens and how to fix it
Facebook says session expired when the login your browser or app used has ended. What ends it, from Meta's own pages and our test, and the fixes in order.
October 10, 2026 · 13 min read
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Instagram action block: causes, wait times and the proxy mistakes behind it
Why Instagram blocks a like, follow or comment, where it shows how long the block lasts, how to get the action back, and the proxy mistakes that add to it.
October 10, 2026 · 7 min read
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Instagram challenge required error: what triggers it and how to clear it
Instagram's challenge_required error means it wants proof that a login is yours. What triggers it, how each tool reports it, and how to clear it safely.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
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Instagram feedback required error: what it means and how to fix it
Instagram's feedback_required error reports a blocked action, the same block the app shows as Try again later. What triggers it and how to fix it.
October 10, 2026 · 8 min read
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Instagram IP ban explained: how to tell, how long it lasts and what fixes it
Does Instagram ban IP addresses? What an address limit looks like, two tests to tell it from an account ban, how long it lasts and what fixes it.
October 10, 2026 · 8 min read
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Python requests timeout: set it, handle it and fix proxy timeouts
Set a timeout on every Python requests call, see which error each stall raises, and why a dead proxy slips past except Timeout. Tested on three versions.
October 10, 2026 · 11 min read
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Twitter rate limit exceeded error: what X limits and how to get past the message
“Rate limit exceeded” on X means your account, or an app acting for it, used up a limit X counts over time. Which limits X publishes, and what fixes it.
October 10, 2026 · 7 min read
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Your IP has been temporarily blocked: what the message means and how to fix it
What “Your IP has been temporarily blocked” means, where it appears, how long each site says it lasts, and the fixes in order, from the platforms' own pages.
October 10, 2026 · 11 min read
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Proxy Helper for Chrome: Setup, the Proxy Login, and Why SOCKS5 Needs an Allowlist
Proxy Helper gives Chrome its own proxy. The fields, the HTTP login, why SOCKS5 gets no login in Chrome, the bypass list, profiles, and Firefox.
September 28, 2026 · 7 min read
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