Anonymizer/ Proxy servers

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Is anyone familiar with them?

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Dec 4, 2013 20:53:54 GMT -5 @paradigm said:

Is anyone familiar with them?

I use them on occasion when viewing another countries content that's not available here

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Ok, thanks.

Any suggestions? are the free ones as effective as the Anonymizer software?

Thanks

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Dec 4, 2013 21:36:07 GMT -5 @paradigm said:

Ok, thanks.

Any suggestions? are the free ones as effective as the Anonymizer software?

Thanks

I've never paid for a proxy server, so I can't really answer that question, I only use them to get around some pay walls and some foreign sites where content is restricted here.  Some free ones are good, some are hit and miss. I guess if I wanted to be 100% anonymous 100% of the time, I'd pony up and subscribe to one.

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Thanks!

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You're never truly 100% anonymous. Who knows which companies the NSA has tapped into either by force, cooperatively, or stealthily. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the NSA sets up their own proxy servers as honeypots. Consider everything you ever do on the internet completely public, no matter what. Kind of like appearing naked at the golf course with a television crew approaching.

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Dec 5, 2013 12:10:40 GMT -5 microg said:

You're never truly 100% anonymous. Who knows which companies the NSA has tapped into either by force, cooperatively, or stealthily. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the NSA sets up their own proxy servers as honeypots. Consider everything you ever do on the internet completely public, no matter what. Kind of like appearing naked at the golf course with a television crew approaching.

Geez! I don't ever want to have one of your nightmares.

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Dec 5, 2013 12:10:40 GMT -5 microg said:

You're never truly 100% anonymous. Who knows which companies the NSA has tapped into either by force, cooperatively, or stealthily. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the NSA sets up their own proxy servers as honeypots. Consider everything you ever do on the internet completely public, no matter what. Kind of like appearing naked at the golf course with a television crew approaching.

Yep. Good friend of mine in IT keeps one computer completely off line -as in no physical or wi-fi connection of any sort-- for any data he wants to keep private. 

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Dec 5, 2013 16:22:50 GMT -5 @sameoldhotdiggity said:

Dec 5, 2013 12:10:40 GMT -5 microg said:

You're never truly 100% anonymous. Who knows which companies the NSA has tapped into either by force, cooperatively, or stealthily. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the NSA sets up their own proxy servers as honeypots. Consider everything you ever do on the internet completely public, no matter what. Kind of like appearing naked at the golf course with a television crew approaching.

Yep. Good friend of mine in IT keeps one computer completely off line -as in no physical or wi-fi connection of any sort-- for any data he wants to keep private. 

There is always something new around the corner.  arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/scientist-developed-malware-covertly-jumps-air-gaps-using-inaudible-sound/

Computer scientists have proposed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection.

The proof-of-concept software—or malicious trojans that adopt the same high-frequency communication methods—could prove especially adept in penetrating highly sensitive environments that routinely place an "air gap" between computers and the outside world. Using nothing more than the built-in microphones and speakers of standard computers, the researchers were able to transmit passwords and other small amounts of data from distances of almost 65 feet. The software can transfer data at much greater distances by employing an acoustical mesh network made up of attacker-controlled devices that repeat the audio signals.

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Dec 5, 2013 19:15:46 GMT -5 microg said:

Dec 5, 2013 16:22:50 GMT -5 @sameoldhotdiggity said:

Yep. Good friend of mine in IT keeps one computer completely off line -as in no physical or wi-fi connection of any sort-- for any data he wants to keep private. 

There is always something new around the corner.  arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/scientist-developed-malware-covertly-jumps-air-gaps-using-inaudible-sound/

Computer scientists have proposed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection.

The proof-of-concept software—or malicious trojans that adopt the same high-frequency communication methods—could prove especially adept in penetrating highly sensitive environments that routinely place an "air gap" between computers and the outside world. Using nothing more than the built-in microphones and speakers of standard computers, the researchers were able to transmit passwords and other small amounts of data from distances of almost 65 feet. The software can transfer data at much greater distances by employing an acoustical mesh network made up of attacker-controlled devices that repeat the audio signals.

Damn. That's scary stuff!! So not only does your computer need to be disconnected, it needs to be in a locked soundproof room!!

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Dec 5, 2013 12:10:40 GMT -5 microg said:

You're never truly 100% anonymous. Who knows which companies the NSA has tapped into either by force, cooperatively, or stealthily. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the NSA sets up their own proxy servers as honeypots. Consider everything you ever do on the internet completely public, no matter what. Kind of like appearing naked at the golf course with a television crew approaching.

True. It's not that I have anything to hide; I'm simply thinking of a way to avoid "curiosity seekers."

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You may want to be careful, many forums, etc reject applications run through a proxy..