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When you connect a login-based account — for example LinkedIn or Sales Navigator — a common question is how lobstr.io handles proxies, and whether your account’s activity will suddenly look like it’s coming from a different country than where you normally sign in. Short answer: lobstr.io automatically assigns a residential proxy in the country you connected from, and keeps your account’s activity in that country. You don’t need to configure anything, and you don’t need to bring your own proxy.
This is different from how proxies work for scrapers that don’t need an account (Google Maps, Google Search, and similar), which run through a general rotating proxy pool. For that, see IP protection.

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How a proxy is assigned to your account

When you sync an account with the lobstr.io add-on, lobstr.io captures three things:
  • Your login cookies — so it can browse as you (never your password).
  • Your browser headers.
  • The country you’re connecting from.
It then routes all activity for that account through a residential proxy located in that same country. The whole process is automatic. There’s no proxy field to fill in — syncing the account is all it takes.

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How the country is chosen

  • The country comes from where you connect when you sync the account — your actual connection at that moment.
  • It is not taken from your profile’s language or region settings.
  • Because it follows your connection, the simplest way to keep a specific country is to connect the way you normally access the account. For example, if you normally reach LinkedIn through a Polish connection, sync from that same connection and lobstr.io will match you to a Poland-based residential proxy.
The country is auto-detected from your connection. There’s no manual country picker — lobstr.io mirrors where you connected from rather than letting you set an arbitrary country.

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Can I use my own proxy?

No — and you don’t need to. lobstr.io manages the proxy for you, matched to your account’s country automatically. There’s no option to plug in your own dedicated proxy, and there’s no extra charge for the one lobstr.io assigns — it’s included in every plan.

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Keeping your account consistent and safe

A country-matched residential proxy is only part of how lobstr.io protects synced accounts. A few safeguards work alongside it:
  • Consistent country. Your account’s activity stays in the country you connected from, so there’s no unexpected country hopping between your normal logins and lobstr.io’s activity.
  • Stable session identity. Your connected session details — cookies and headers — are stored securely and reused across runs, so your account presents the same identity over time.
  • Human-like pacing. lobstr.io spaces activity out with calculated pauses instead of firing requests back-to-back. See account bans for the exact per-platform limits.
  • Automatic protection on limits. If a platform signals that an account is being used too intensively, lobstr.io pauses activity instead of pushing through — for example, the X scraper auto-pauses for an hour on a “Too Many Requests” response.

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Summary

  • Account sync — how to connect LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, and other login-based accounts
  • IP protection — how your personal IP is kept out of every scrape
  • Account bans — the per-platform rate limits that keep synced accounts safe