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title: "Comment by IP99 on \"Your VPN Check Isn't the Problem Anymore. Residential Proxies Are.\" | Hashnode"
description: "This matches what we see in weekly proxy-exit captures: the bulk sits on residential and mobile space, not hosting ranges. A VPN boolean and a residential-proxy"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/your-vpn-check-isn-t-the-problem-anymore-residential-proxies-are/6ac6509af00ff3fd30444fa1/comment/6ad17b290bf62d3523e37f75"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-vpn-check-isn-t-the-problem-anymore-residential-proxies-are/6ac6509af00ff3fd30444fa1)

Comment [Your VPN Check Isn't the Problem Anymore. Residential Proxies Are.](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-vpn-check-isn-t-the-problem-anymore-residential-proxies-are/6ac6509af00ff3fd30444fa1)

[Oct 16](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-vpn-check-isn-t-the-problem-anymore-residential-proxies-are/6ac6509af00ff3fd30444fa1/comment/6ad17b290bf62d3523e37f75)

This matches what we see in weekly proxy-exit captures: the bulk sits on residential and mobile space, not hosting ranges. A VPN boolean and a residential-proxy observation are different risk inputs with different false-positive profiles.

The other trap is treating a hit as permanent. Rotating pools recycle addresses back to real households, so freshness matters as much as the flag. IP99 models that as evidence\_state (active/stale/none) plus a score that decays—useful next to graduated friction instead of a hard block on consumer ASNs.