Your “IP reputation” control just got demoted to vibes-based security. 😬
Residential proxies let attackers borrow real household ISP IPs, so their password spray / scraping / SaaS poking looks like… your customers doomscrolling on the couch. In other words: “normal traffic” becomes the perfect disguise.
Google/GTIG just kneecapped a huge residential proxy ecosystem tied to millions of devices — and still reported hundreds of tracked threat groups leaning on this stuff in a single week. Translation for leaders: this is a loss + growth + customer trust problem.
Because if you over-block? You tax conversion and light up support. If you under-block? ATO and fraud get cheaper.
The move isn’t “block proxies.” It’s tiered friction: identity + behavior first, proxy intel as the risk multiplier.
Where are you still trusting IP-based signals the most: login, recovery, signup, checkout, or APIs? 👀
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