Ask Slashdot: Choosing Anonymous Proxies?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @06:03AM from the you-will-be-my-avatar dept.

bradley13 writes "There are lots of anonymous proxies out there, and anyone concerned about their privacy probably uses one for at least some of their web browsing. The Megaupload story highlights the fact that having servers in the USA is not a great idea. There are also other countries one may not want to trust. Oddly, very few proxy services mention where their equipment is located. What anonymous proxy services do you use? What criteria do you use to select them? How paranoid are you, and for what types of Internet usage?"

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Re:Botnets and Seven Chains by Hatta · 2012-01-24 06:29 · Score: 5, Informative

Or Tor. Which is the same thing as a bot net proxy, but consensual. Make sure you don't send any personally identifiable traffic through the tunnel, because the exit nodes are monitored.

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Re:The best anonymouse proxy is an open wifi by Crudely_Indecent · 2012-01-24 07:23 · Score: 5, Informative

Be sure to alter the MAC address of your wireless adapter, or the log files on the open wifi router could be used to identify your computer.

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