Mar/100
Fast Proxies to Help you Surf Anonymously
For those in pursuit of protecting our privacy on the internet then the search for a fast free proxy to surf using seems like some sort of holy grail of privacy. Unfortunately it isn’t, in fact at it’s worst it could be completely the opposite and the equivalent of handing over your data on a silver platter. I hate being spied on, hackers and identity thieves try and intercept our data to steal from us and governments and organisations tell us where we can surf and what we can say online. Our privacy and freedom of expression should not be sacrificed for the chance to maybe catch a thick criminal or two.
If you’re concerned with protecting your privacy on the internet, then you may have been led to believe that all you need is a fast free proxy and you will be protected. Unfortunately this isn’t the case, and in the worst case scenario you could be handing over all your details to hackers and identity thieves.
This is not too say we shouldn’t be concerned about privacy, I personally hate being spied on. Unfortunately most of our governments have joined the ranks of others who wish to spy and monitor our every movement online. They use the tactic of spying on everyone in order to catch one or two criminals or terrorists online. It’s not just governments like Iran who do this, there’s a European Directive which states that the ISPs must keep complete logs of everything we do online for up to two years, so they can check on us.
So am I saying a free proxy can’t help us protect ourself online. In theory it could protect us partially, at least to the point of obscuring our IP address from web servers we visit. The problem is that a huge percentage of the free proxies are actually run by hackers and identity thieves. Some use these servers just for their own privacy, but many others steal the data and passwords of people using them. Free proxies are a lottery, using them is a huge risk and not one I would take.
I mean lets be sensible for a minute, a proxy server costs a great deal of money to run properly. The cost of the hardware and bandwidth alone would be huge if you let anyone use it. Could you imagine why anyone would want to foot a huge bill for complete strangers. The truth is that the majority of these servers have been configured incorrectly, accidentally left open or hacked. Do you still want to use them to send all your web traffic, the free servers will never be the best proxies. Besides sometimes you might need a server from a specific location like a UK proxy or Irish proxy, to watch or access a specific web site.
So to all the adults out there who realise you rarely get anything for nothing. Just think about the servers you are using, the online web proxies covered in advertising may be painfully slow and annoying to use but at least you can see how they are financed.
Freedom of speech is worth preserving, there are plenty of alternatives online to protect your privacy. Yes I’m afraid some of them cost something but it’s better than relying on a Eastern European criminal gang to protect your data. If you use the free proxies and suddenly find you have suddenly acquired a few more credit cards which you’ve never seen, or your bank account looks rather empty then don’t blame me.
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