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The residential proxy ecosystem usually consists of three types of players: proxy service providers build the control platform and sell access entry points externally; SDKs/proxy clients are implanted into ordinary users' devices or infect always-on terminals under the guise of free VPNs, accelerators or cashback plugins; and residential nodes are the real home network exit points being exploited.
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