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SSLizing Web Portal

Posted by michael on from the dime-a-dozen dept.

RainMan writes "An article on an interesting combination of some existing technology pieces. Take your basic privacy web proxy portal and then wrap all the return traffic in SSL encryption. You get Safeweb." This is another contender in a somewhat crowded marketplace. I used it briefly but didn't find it to be anything special. Does anyone use this service?

3 comments

  1. Re:Won't last long by crow · · Score: 2

    Imagine if they also stripped out ads, using something like Junkbuster.

    Now imagine if they decided instead of stripping out ads, they would substitute ads. Now that would be a fun discussion!

  2. Don't forget to clear your history by DreamingReal · · Score: 2
    As cool as this service is, it will not protect against the "low-tech" methods IT departments can use to snoop their employees - history and cache checking.

    I cannot tell you how many times we have discovered people in my company to be browsing porn at work simply by checking their browser cache remotely (Senior VPs more often than not!).

    If you use this service remember to set your history to 0 days and your cache to something small (< 10 Mb). And clear them both often!


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  3. Won't last long by sulli · · Score: 2

    All the ads are for Safeweb. They'll either run out of cash or start charging soon, like Anonymizer did.

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