If you feel like you’re being watched, well it’s because you probably are, if you want some form of secure web browsing you are not alone. Everyone seems to want to spy on the ordinary online surfer – everyone is now targeting the poor old ISPs simply because they have complete lists of every web site, email or online activity of each of there subscribers. The same reason why identity thieves are setting up ‘free anonymous proxies’ on servers they have hacked into just because they know that there are thousands of people who believe you can surf securely if you simply send your traffic via an proxy server.
Well let me clarify a few little points which you can research further if you are interested.
When you fire up your web browser and type in a web address these are the stages where your privacy is at risk.
1) When you type in a URL in your web browser – it is instantly sent out in clear text, your ISP record it in their logs alongside your IP address – logged for many months.
2) The Web site you typed in also records your IP address before sending the information you requested.
3) All the transactions, along with your IP address are vulnerable throughout their journey -it’s all in clear text.
If you’ve followed the Homer Simpson Security method and found a free anonymous proxy I wouldn’t worry about the above as everything you do is probably already being recorded by a gang of Eastern European computer hackers running the fastest free proxy server on the planet.
The solution is quite clear or in fact it isn’t. Encrypt your communication, that way it cannot be recorded by your ISP or anyone else who intercepts your data and use a TRUSTED anonymous proxy to prevent your IP address being logged on every server you visit.
That’s it – it’s not difficult, it’s not complicated and there are even software packages and proxy services that can give you this formula to secure web browsing. If you want to do this for free its possible with a high level of technical expertise – check out Tor and SSL Tunnel, it won’t be quick browsing but it will be secure web browsing.
If you’re like me who wants the ultimate security solution and doesn’t mind paying a small fee for a fast, secure service then check out these links.
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