Are Anonymous Proxy Servers Doing A Good Job?

One can gain endless hours of pleasure, surfing the web and tapping into the unlimited repertoire of collective wisdom and knowledge of millions; however this enjoyable activity can lead to hidden dangers when someone starts stealing critical data from your surfing activity. Even without the presence of malware or virus, this can happen as well. It can be disturbing when you know all of your critical data can be passed on to a third party who may have ulterior motives for collecting such information from internet users. Are you ready for more? If your computer allows programs such as fingers and indents to run, now you are espoused to identity theft, they can easily access your data and get your name and other personal data.

Amazed at how they actually got this information from you?

Information about you will be collected every time you visit a website.
This information is intercepted and used to track you online.

How do you stop this?

 
It can be very relaxing feeling to know that there is a way to surf the web anonymously. Note that this is not fool-proof, but it makes it much harder for people to know who you are. There are products called anonymous proxy servers that help protect you. Proxy server replaces your IP. This has the effect of masking your IP address and making it much harder for people to track you.

Where can we get proxy severs? Opt to buy one from a vendor. There are free proxy services on the Internet. 
ShadowSurf and Guardster are two of the best tools online; Guardster gives you the option to choose from both paid and free services. ShadowSurf is a free service you can use. There is box where you can enter the URL you want to keep anonymous. You can use those tools to remain anonymous on the Internet.

Google has announced its willingness to filter contents for the Chinese Government but Anonymise has a solution for that! This company, among others, recently (Feb 1st, 2006) pressed that it is developing a new anti-censorship solution that will enable Chinese citizens to safely access the entire Internet filter-free.

So are anonymous proxy servers doing a good job in making you totally invisible? Obviously not, but it offer some form of protection than surfing naked. What are other steps to take to ensure a safer surfing adventure? Three other items come to mind when trying to keep your information private. The first step to take is to use an encrypted connection to hide your activity.
You can gain more information, by surfing the web.
Make it a habit to delete all cookies after every session. If you are really serious about ridding your system of all possible threats, then consider getting rid of JavaScript, Java, and active content. This will severely limit your surfing enjoyment, so be sure to choose carefully.