Why Everyone Should Use Highly Anonymous Proxies
Have you ever heard people ask online about where they can find high anonymous proxies? Even asking the question sounds like you’ve got something to hide. The reality is that there are many genuine reasons for trying to increase the level of privacy you have online.
First of all, though you should now that there is no exact definition of what constitutes a high anonymity proxy despite what you might read. There are sites and indeed scraper tools which look for usable proxies online and then classify them by levels of anonymity, however most of these are very arbitrary and have little technical justification. It’s important to realise just because you see someone describe a proxy as secure or elite, doesn’t mean it is.
Real Anonymity Proxies
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In fact, some years ago I analysed some UK proxies which were listed by a popular proxy classification website, and many of the highly secure proxies were pretty much wide open. Some were even hacked servers which has been taken over by hacking groups in order to pinch personal details. Whereas the classification referred to how easily the proxy was detectable from the target website they didn’t take into account it might have been run by groups of cyber thieves!
Often though the primary requirement of a proxy is for people just wanting to hide their IP address. The web is unfortunately full of websites which block, and censor based on your location. A proxy server is one method that can be used to hide your real location and instead present the address of the proxy server. High anonymous proxies were generally defined as those which didn’t pass on any information in the form of meta tags or information which would identify the existence of a proxy.
The reality is that proxies are of limited use in both maintaining your privacy and in circumventing region locks and restrictions. Indeed if you use free proxies, you’re more likely to risk losing your privacy completely to identity thieves and hackers. There are better options for anonymity than using slow and convoluted systems like TOR.
What are TOR Proxies?
TOR, also known as The Onion Router, is a free and open-source software that allows anonymous communication on the internet. It directs internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network consisting of more than six thousand relays to conceal a user’s location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. It is designed to enable access to websites while maintaining privacy and anonymity.
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Rotate IP Addresses and Proxies Automatically
Of course, to really ramp up the anonymity and privacy level – leave the encryption at the highest level and tell the program to switch servers automatically every few minutes. This means that you connection will be relayed through a different server without you doing anything, your connection and IP address will be rotated automatically.
There are many more security configuration settings which you can control to reduce the footprint of the VPN (Virtual Private Network) even more. You can also get it to switch into a residential vpn service although you’ll have to ask their support for this. However, in reality setting the encryption level to high and switching between servers every couple of minutes will give you almost complete anonymity online. Remember though to watch region locked content you need to ensure that you’re connected to a server in the right country.
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