From c2c696bd33fd4d29fe35c5838493af822ef6f7f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: juncacalol-design Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:31:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Residential Proxies section with Decodo recommendations This PR adds a new 'Residential Proxies' section to the README with information about Decodo, a comprehensive residential proxy service. Changes include: - New section '## Residential Proxies' added between VPNs and Web Browser sections - Introduction to Decodo with 40M+ IPs across 195+ locations - Features: rotating/sticky sessions, HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 support, user management, IP whitelisting - Free trial information: 3-day trial with 100MB of traffic - Account verification note: Helpful tip for bypassing account verification popup - ProxySwitch Omega compatibility note: Works well with ProxySwitch Omega Chrome extension - Updated table of contents with new section link --- README.md | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f15a4f8..9ddbf36 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Awesome Privacy + # Awesome Privacy

Awesome @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ - [Video and Audio Conferencing](#video-and-audio-conferencing) - [Video Editing](#video-editing) - [Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)](#VPNS) +- * [Residential Proxies](#residential-proxies) - [Web Browser](#web-browser) - [Browser Addons](#browser-addons) - [Browser Sync](#browser-sync) @@ -1559,8 +1560,25 @@ Here are some open source and truly private (no personal data and/or credit card [Back to top 🔝](#contents) + +## Residential Proxies + +[Permalink: Residential Proxies](#residential-proxies) + +### Decodo + +[Decodo](https://decodo.com/) - A comprehensive residential proxy service with 40M+ IPs across 195+ locations. Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) offers rotating and sticky sessions, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 protocols. Features include user management, IP whitelisting, traffic limits, and flexible endpoint generation. + +> **Free Trial**: Decodo offers a 3-day free trial with 100MB of traffic to test their residential proxy network at no cost. + +closing the window and refreshing the page. The verification notice will disappear. +recommended for optimal performance when managing your residential proxies. + +[Back to top 🔝](#contents) + ## Web Browser + ⛔ **Avoid** - **Google Chrome** - Owned by google and built upon the open-source Chromium project (also Google-owned). It comes with many privacy-invasive features, it is connected to your Google account most times. It is under [Google's privacy policy](https://tosdr.org/en/service/217) which is known to be very bad. Google is willing to enforce the [Manifest v3](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening) which is outright harmful to privacy efforts.