im not saying that proxies give complete anonymity, im just saying they help. The traffic between you and your ISP would be pretty useless, if whoever wants to see your info doesnt know your isp, it slows down trace times etc. Im just putting the info out there for people who might want to use it, im not saying a proxy is perfect. You cant be completeley anonymous but a proxy is one big step, other ideas include encryption, not connecting to the internet etc. Im just putting the info out there, but you do have a good point.