How do you protect your privacy online?
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A proxy server is a server that sits
between a client and a real server. Proxy servers intercept requests to the
real server to see if it can take care of himself and claim, if it cannot, it
forwards the request to the real server.
For example, a user requests a web page via
the browser. The proxy server first checks the cache to see if the page is
already there and can be used as usual. Otherwise, it passes the request to the
web page from the browser to the Web server.
Since proxy servers provide indirect access
to web servers, your IP address and other credentials a bit (for example your
type, location) may be retained passed on to the real server. A proxy server
used specifically to remove credentials from the client request for the purpose
of anonymity is called an anonymous proxy server. There are a number of
anonymization services available on the Internet today. Some of them are free,
but most services better and more reliable will cost you.
It may hide your IP address can be anything
that you feel you need. However, it is possible to be even more anonymously
using proxy servers.
For example, chaining proxy servers can
provide a greater degree of separation between you and the server, making it
difficult for people on the server to track. Of course, as each hop closer to
you, more information can be used to identify you.
Data encryption at the outset also offers
higher degree of protection. Even if a proxy server may well encrypt the data
once it has received before sending a proxy server receives unencrypted data
leaves the data vulnerable. Most free anonymous proxy servers do not encrypt
the data. You will need to pay for this service and it may well be worth it for
you.
Beware also of the proxy servers you will
find at random. Some are deliberately set up as open proxies to get people to
use ... then steal confidential data as it passes through, including usernames
and passwords unencrypted. If you want to use an anonymizer, make sure you use
a service with well-known privacy policy and only after checking online service
integrity.
Finally, do not assume that the use of a
proxy server completely protect your privacy online. W it will not. If someone
wants badly enough, they can trace you and your business. Just keep in mind
that this will help you to protect up to a certain point.
It is also important to remember that the
use of proxy servers do nothing to protect you against someone who has a direct
access to your computer from your spy activities. In this case, you will need
to take protective measures such as clearing and deleting cookies, cache and
history of web searches from your browser toolbar....
