The best way to make sure web sites can’t gather personal information about you and your computer is to surf anonymously; use an anonymous proxy server to sit between you and the web sites you visit.

When you use an anonymous proxy server, your browser doesn’t contact a web site directly. Instead, it tells a proxy server which web site you want to visit. The proxy server then contacts the web site, and when you get the web site’s page you don’t get it directly from the site. Instead, it’s delivered to you by the proxy server. In that way, your browser never directly contacts the web server whose site you want to view. The web site sees the IP address of the proxy server, not your PC’s IP address. It can’t read your cookies, see your history list, or examine your clipboard and cache because your PC is never in direct contact with it.

You’re able to surf anonymously, without a trace.

nice post city. this is a possible sticky lol.

This Is correct,but feds still can call proxy provider and get your real IP.

Feds!!! Well, if someone isn't doing illegal activity or commiting internet crimes, there should be no reason to worry about the Feds.

Many people, though, prefer to remain anonymous while surfing the web.

And some people are just plain paranoid and think their home will be invaded by aliens if someone else finds out their IP address.

Others use an anonymous proxy to visit websites that they shouldn't be at.

Yeh, why would the feds get involved lol, average illegal downloaders wont even get searched for, it will be the huge tb downloaders who they will go for first.

Umm I hate to break it to you buster but Alternate proxies still use your I.P address. I know because I got caught hacking and banned from a forums community using an alternate proxy . This thread is bogus, you might as well just not bother.

i dont worry much about that kind of stuff

I am all legal in my life and i dont do anything online i shouldent do ( , ok , ok limewire is IT)

and the only place i use a credit card is newegg...and maybe other sites sometimes

and i trust newegg , 100%

wel, I use a proxy to get past blocked sites at school...... thats about it.