What is an Anonymous Proxy?

A Proxy is an IP (internet protocol) that we use when surfing. Anonymous proxy, as the name implies, means that our IP address and system information are not revealed when surfing.

When we use anonymous proxy, we don’t directly connect to the sites we want to access. The proxy does that for us; they download the pages we requested to their proxy server, and in turn we download the requested pages from the proxy server to our browser. So, the data recorded in the requested sites’ system as the accessing computer is not our computer but the proxy server site.

This proxy allows us to keep our personal information, such as IP address, browser type, location, and operating system, from the other sites as well as any other parties. Thus, we can keep our privacy and anonymity.

What are the Advantages of Using Anonymous Proxy?

When we surf the internet, some of our important data, including our IP address and location can be tracked and monitored, and in turn can be used by marketing agencies or any other websites for promotion. They promote themselves by sending lots of spasm, junk advertising, spyware, and much more. With anonymous as the wall between our data and the internet, our system and data can be secured.

Another good thing about this anonymous proxy is that it can help us accessing sites that are blocked or filtered or we have no access for. If our work or school has any type of filtering in place to prevent people from visiting certain websites, an anonymous proxy server is a great way to get around such restrictions. With proxy we can bypasss firewalls and filters, then go indirectly to the sites we want to access.

How to Access Blocked Sites (MySpace, Facebook, Friendster) by using Anonymous Proxy?

Nowadays, most schools, colleges, and workplace provide the using of computers and internet access for students and employees. For schools and colleges, they believe that the internet can provide a wider opportunity for learning experiences and environment. As for workplaces, the employers provide the internet as low cost mass communication tools for the employees.

However, schools and workplaces usually blocked some sites such as adult content sites and social networking sites (Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, Bebo, etc). The first reason is to prevent the students and employees for using computers and bandwidth for personal purposes. The second reason is that they think this social networking websites will distract the students and employees from their main duties.

By using anonymous proxy, we can also bypass those filters and firewalls and have access to the blocked sites. Moreover, this proxy can ensure privacy when surfing the web.