TCP-fingerprinting 300K residential proxy IPs: 98% are Linux

Probed 319,706 residential-proxy exits by their TCP SYN fingerprints — 98% Linux, two kernel defaults covering 70%+, MSS leaking the real link, and a handful of big ISPs — showing the “real user devices” are mostly a rack of Linux boxes.

March 26, 2026 · 4 min · Vitalii Zaiats