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Anonymous Surfing?

Posted by Cliff on from the another-layer-of-protection dept.

Just Alex asks: "I just got Comcast High-Speed Internet service, and found out that just up to a few months ago they were recording the actions of all of their users and saving it for who knows what. Now I'm thinking about getting an 'anonymous' service like anonymizer.com, but I wonder what other folks are using. Are all of these services the same? What should I be looking for? And what people recommend given their experience with them? Also, which ones play better with Linux?"

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  1. Remembering anon.penet.fi... by prisonernumber7 · · Score: 3, Informative


    Remembering anon.penet.fi, the world famous anonymous remailer and news posting service, I can only *stress* that your anonymity will be guaranteed only as long as nobody sues to resolve it.

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  2. Anonymous proxies by ralphus · · Score: 2, Informative
    Anonymizer works ok as long as you are not trying to hide from the government. Use SSH to tunnel your traffic to anonymizer proxy and you are safe from your ISP monitoring and the site you are going to knowing where you are coming from. Go get a bunch of kiddie porn or terrorist stuff and Anonymizer will have to give you up when the FBI comes knocking on their door.

    Someone already mentioned multiproxy. Also check out Java Anonymous Proxy and Peekabooty. You seem kind of new to the game of paranoia. Why not just start here and do some reading.

    It's important to understand exactly what these anonymous services get you and who and what they are protecting against so take some time and realistically educate yourself to the risks and threats.

    Oh, and don't forget to check out Freenet

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    Revolutions are never about freedom or justice. They're about who's going to be top dog. -- Kilgore Trout
  3. Re: anonymisers? by blibbleblobble · · Score: 3, Informative

    /Links/Dir/Privacy/Anonymisers/

    Just a list from my site.

  4. DSL providers usually don't offer their own servic by pardasaniman · · Score: 2, Informative

    You see, it does not matter whether DSL providers are small or big, they usually buy DSL equipment and rent infrastructure from a larger company. If that large company wants to monitor you, it does not matter if the puny DSL company monitors you or not.