Looking for a free proxy server? You better be careful. Free isn’t always good. There are hundreds if not thousands of sites online where you can find a free public proxy server. But ask yourself, why do you want to use a proxy server? If it is to remain anonymous or change your IP online, then using a free proxy is probably the worst thing you can possibly do. Free proxy servers can potentially reveal your identity and other confidential information while online.
Free proxies are usually web based and the scripts or software that runs them is typically very simple and basic. Can web based proxies provide some kind of anonymity online? Yes, they can but with a catch. Web based free proxies might be anonymous, but the problem is that they are easily detected as a proxy server. Their simple configuration and setup means that anyone with the right tools (which are easily available) can easily detect if an IP comes from a web based proxy. What does this mean for you if you are using a free proxy while trying to remain anonymous online? It means that any website can easily examine the IP you are using to access their website and see within moments whether or not you are using a proxy server. How easy would it be for them to quickly ban or block any further attempts by you to access the website? This isn’t really anonymous and web masters typically do not like IPs coming from known proxy servers accessing their websites.
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