Anonymous Surfing

Anonymous surfing means to browse on the internet without losing your privacy that is surfing without giving away your identity that is your IP address and the location of your computer and other vital browser information. This is done with the help of a proxy that is known as anonymous browser based proxy.

The anonymous surfer can browse on the internet from any computer and hide their identity. It is useful for employees as they can surf the net from their office computer without exposing the information about the computer.

The browser based proxy acts as an intermediary between the surfer and the site from where the file is being accessed. This way the privacy of the user is maintained. Anonymous browsing also safeguards the user from the onslaught of loggers who are always spying for the connections that can be available of unguarded users who are not using anonymous surfing. Some anonymous surfing services also hide the user’s website traffic along with their URL.

Advantages of Anonymous Surfing

The information about the user is hidden within a private network. This is very important for people who use the broadband and do not want that anybody should be able to access their private and personal information.

The online activity of a person is kept a secret so nobody can detect what activity that person has performed on the net. It is useful as it blocks all types of pop ups and advertisement that enter your computer when you are engaged in online surfing. It prevents the hijacking of the user’s home page and cookies thus providing security to the user.

It provides safety to the user as it prevents the secret downloading of spyware, virus, ad ware or any other type of malware. This way the safety of the computer system is also maintained as all kind of harmful downloads which adversely affect the components of the computer are barred.

It is a widely used technique because a user can bypass all the restrictions that are placed in the internet connection and browse through all the files on the internet without being detected as anonymous surfing hides all the facts about the browsing that has been done by the user.

Risk of Anonymous Surfing

Where there are advantages in anonymous surfing there are also risks factors in anonymous surfing. The main risk is encountered if the proxy server has malicious intentions as all the vital information about the user like his credit card number, password and logins are there with the proxy server it can be easily leaked by the proxy server administrator.