Protect Your Identity While Surfing The Internet

Surfing the web can be dangerous affair-it could actually reveal your identity to the world even when you don't want to! It does not necessarily require malware or virus to exist in order for this to happen. 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?

It is easy; every time you visit a website, some data will be collected and stored and every visit to a website actually reveals some form of data about you.Others will intercept this data and use to track your activities.

How do you prevent it?

First of all, it is possible to surf the web anonymously and thereby stopping a trail for others to find. Obviously, no one can offer complete protection but these methods do offer some form of safety measurements that anyone can use to make their surfing experience a safer and more enjoyable. Start using anonymous proxy server. Proxy servers can be used to hide your own IP. This has the effect of masking your IP address and making it much harder for people to track you.

How do you we get a proxy sever? The first way is to get one from a vendor. There are plenty of free proxy services you can use. ShadowSurf and Guardster may be the tool you are looking for; Guardster can be used free, but if you want more options, go for the premium services. ShadowSurf may be the one for you. Go to it and you will find a box to enter a URL that you want no one to track. There are other options but those are the most popular.

Google has announced its willingness to filter contents for the Chinese Government but Anonymise has a solution for that! What is interesting, this organization actually claims that they are currently developing a new application hat will let all Citizens of China to surf the Internet censor free.

The question is does it make you totally safe? No it is not but it is a better option than surfing naked. Are there other effective steps to take to ensure better safety of my private information? These are steps you can take to make sure you are protected. The first step to take is to use an encrypted connection to hide your activity. This article does not go into detail on this, but search the web and you will find a lot of information on this. Secondly, delete cookies after each session. JavaScript, Java, and active content can be removed to decrease risk. Unfortunately, this can be limiting your experience, so you need to consider the ct and benefits of such actions.