I was recently checking out the new German Proxy server at Identity Cloaker for someone and noticed something strange. I check all the new servers that they install as people are always sending me questions about them. They vary from whether they can be used to watch specific TV channels, so I usually log in to check those. Also amazingly people are still trying to use free web proxies like german-proxy.de and wondering if they’d have better luck using something paid – yes you will and you won’t risk someone nicking your Paypal credentials too!!
Anyway I had a German chap email me who was living and working in the US wanted to watch some German TV sites that were only accessible from Germany and was having trouble getting them to work using Identity Cloaker. So usually this will work fine, all the IDC servers are set up in the same way using a base secure configuration. This is undetectable by target TV sites so as long as the IP address is in the right country everything normally will work. There are a couple of exceptions though – so please check before subscribing to a longer plan.
Now I don’t use the German Proxy that much to be honest. Usually only when I’m in the anonymous surfing mode and get switched to it randomly, but I did know it had been upgraded recently.
The DE proxies were the one of the last VPS (Virtual private servers) left in the Identity Cloaker infrastructure and they were switched to dedicated servers because they are much faster and reliable (something to check if you’re paying for a proxy service!)
But as I said it’s unusual that they won’t work with most national TV channels although they are all datacenter proxies.
When a German Proxy Server isn’t one!
Anyway I tried a few checks and had some problems as well, some German media sites were blocking me even when connected through a German proxy server which never used to happen before. It really didn’t feel like I was able to browse with German IP information using this proxy.
So after a bit of research I ended up checking my location on an IP tracking site and I was surprised to see that my location was detected as Poland, and therefore so was my IP address as it was in fact a Polish proxy.
Well Warsaw to be exact, which was a little confusing as I know the servers were based in Germany. It looked like the IP addresses were listed in a different country than the server’s actual location. Well I checked with the guys at Identity Cloaker and they had already realised the problem, a selection of the IP address for the new German Proxy server were actually Polish addresses. Although even more bizarrely, some of the addresses were actually Polish residential IP addresses normally only assigned directly to Polish households.
Genuine German IP Web Proxy
It was this causing a problem when connecting through them to German media sites, the location check registered my Polish address and blocked me just like they did when I connected from the UK. You can see the servers in this screen shot from the Identity Cloaker command screen.
If you notice at the bottom of the screen, there are a selection of IP addresses on the German proxy server which will actually return a Polish location. These have been listed separately now so that if you need a German IP address just avoid those. Remember you need to pick the same server location as the resource you’re trying to access. So to bypass German geo-blocks you simply need to connect through a German server.
It demonstrates one of the problems with the geotargeting of content like this, there are many thousands of people who are incorrectly blocked due to their ISPs assigning an incorrect IP address. This is only going to get worse with the addresses becoming increasingly in short supply.
Anyway Identity Cloaker users need not worry as they can pick whichever IP address from whichever country they need from the network. Currently there are servers in the following countries – UK (lots here for BBC Iplayer users!), Ireland, US, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and the Nederlands.
Here’s a good video showing the process, which is currently on YouTube here.
Expected soon are proxy servers in Switzerland, Denmark, more in the US and quite a few other countries. There’s a pretty good proxy server list already though so unless you need something quite unusual you’re probably already covered,
Proxy Server from Germany
They are looking into an Australian proxy but apparently bandwidth charges are currently about 20 times more than in the US for Australia !!! If you have a specific need though it’s best to check with Identity Cloaker first if the country you need is not in the list. All the proxies including the German proxy server also support VPN which many media sites require.
You can test Identity Cloaker for yourself using the ten day trial for a few euros here –
If you want to install on devices like smart phones and tablets then you may want to look at another provider with more support for mobile devices. An inexpensive provider with Germany proxy server support is NordVPN, who also have one of the largest proxy lists of any VPN provider.
They also have a larger spread of servers, including a decent presence in the United States. The costs are very reasonable if you pick a longer subscription period, the best value currently are the two year deals. They are also backed with a money back guarantee which is useful giving people the chance to try the service out before committing. The user experience is very polished and you’ll not really notice any speed difference when using your web browser, although if you connect to very distant servers this could change.
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Does this stop your web browsing activity being logged anywhere – e.g. at the internet service provider . Do you have full access to the proxy pool or do you need to pay for each country you have access to? thanks for help.
HI, your activity won’t be logged at your ISP as long as the VPN is enabled. You should ensure that whichever VPN service you use doesn’t keep logs either. Both the companies mentioned in this article Identity Cloaker and NordVPN don’t keep activity logs, indeed most decent secure, services won’t do this.
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Does this stop your web browsing activity being logged anywhere – e.g. at the internet service provider . Do you have full access to the proxy pool or do you need to pay for each country you have access to? thanks for help.
HI, your activity won’t be logged at your ISP as long as the VPN is enabled. You should ensure that whichever VPN service you use doesn’t keep logs either. Both the companies mentioned in this article Identity Cloaker and NordVPN don’t keep activity logs, indeed most decent secure, services won’t do this.