We surveyed the stealth browser industry by using our bot detection framework to analyse 11 of the top hosted browser services. This post first appeared on botforensics.com. Brightdata's Browser API ranked highest. In our test, the only significant weakness of Brightdata's service was that its DigitalOcean hosting was detectable. It otherwise presents as a completely plausible human user. It was also unique by being the only service not to present Linux TCP characteristics. Most of the services work around the TCP fingerprinting problem by browsing with a Linux User-Agent. Others spoof a non-Linux platform but still give away their Linux nature. We are not paid by any of the companies in this survey. Some have given us trial credit, but that did not affect the measurements reported here. Results Browser Masqueraded browser ? Masqueraded OS ? Hosting detected ? Automations detected ? Egress ? Other automation ? Rule hits ? Brightdata Google Chrome Windows DigitalOcean (none) US (none)…
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