Are proxies anonymous, secure, clean?

[polonus]

Hi malware fighters,

No many aren't, some use Glype: http://www.glype.com/
Who is using these,and also read why you do not surf anonymously using them? http://www.abuse.ch/?p=2534

polonus

[superhacker]

WOW my frien will be shocked 

[bob3160]

It's amazing that people still don't realize the only way that you can prevent information you prefer not to be made public,
is to not post it in the first place. Sooner or later it will be available for those that are looking for the information.
Simply ask some of the politicians or, Ask Tiger.  

[DavidR]

I don't believe there is any true anonymity as proxies probably retain information on date, time, IP addresses as they have to know what IP address to send the requested data. So there would be a paper trail.

[Chris Thomas]

Nowadays you can find a lot of proxies made specifically for FACEBOOK 

I doubt them!

I just use proxies for reading stuffs that are blocked here like Christian websites and so on...

[superhacker]

I just use proxies for reading stuffs that are blocked here like Christian websites and so on...

come on you live in a country which is the best to the other people so be kind to them.
for Syria no one think about what is your religion we all have the same God and all the paths lead to the same point.
My best friends are christians and my love is Christian and i love her and she love me and we dont have that hype about religions

[bob3160]

Nowadays you can find a lot of proxies made specifically for FACEBOOK 

I doubt them!

I just use proxies for reading stuffs that are blocked here like Christian websites and so on...

They're only blocked if you blocked them or use a site blocking service for other purposes which may have them blocked.

[Chris Thomas]

@bob

@Superhacker

You can find out if the government here blocks website by checking this link

United Arab Emirates is my country and you can see it at the bottom

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/infographic-which-nations-filter-internet-access-and-how-much/6163/

OR

http://opennet.net/research/profiles/uae

[Asyn]

I don't believe there is any true anonymity as proxies probably retain information on date, time, IP addresses as they have to know what IP address to send the requested data. So there would be a paper trail.

Please read here: https://www.torproject.org/index.html.en
asyn

[Hermite15]

yep the Tor network seems to do what it says it's supposed to do: guarantee anonymity. This said I tried it once, just for fun as I don't use nor need a proxy: Tor makes your browsing crawl. And it's not just me, it's well known and acknowledged. See here for example: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo-tools/10198-does-tor-slow-down-your-internet-significantly.html

edit: to David >>> whether or not servers keep tracks of your IP on the Tor network for instance doesn't matter. You're connecting to tens of servers through encrypted connections, these servers redirecting you "randomly" to other servers. Who's gonna be able to track that, that's impossible. But there's another risk: security related to what you can get in return, infections etc...because each server has the ability to, as said, redirect "freely"

[Asyn]

yep the Tor network seems to do what it says it's supposed to do: guarantee anonymity. This said I tried it once, just for fun as I don't use nor need a proxy: Tor makes your browsing crawl. And it's not just me, it's well known and acknowledged. See here for example: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo-tools/10198-does-tor-slow-down-your-internet-significantly.html

True, it's really slow...
But there are useful addons, like torbutton.
So you can easily toggle between anonymity and speed.
asyn