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Saturday, February 28, 2015

A Proxy Is Good For Privacy

The word proxy means "go-between", someone who does something for another.

An IP address is called a proxy because it can put a remote computer (to which the IP address belongs) between your own computer's IP and the IP of a resource you are accessing over the Internet.

In other words, you can use the IP address of another computer in a different location as a shield or buffer. This can help to make your activities online more private by masking your own IP address as the origin whenever you interact with online resources.

Privacy is a fundamental right and necessity in a free society.

Using a proxy IP address makes it look like the request came from that remote computer, instead of from your own. For example, when you click a link in a search engine, or on a web page, or use any online service, a proxy IP can make it look like someone else's computer is doing those things, not yours. This can protect you from online spying by others, including snoops, the government, or even your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

This is not the whole story on proxy IPs, or online privacy. You should certainly look into the subject if your privacy is important to you.

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