If you haven't used a proxy before, really there's not much to gain from it. Some people might say it gives them privacy, I'd say your giving up what ever privacy you might have had to the proxy operator.

Most businesses use a proxy to control what their employees are surfing online, and also to provide a very small measure of security.

Personally, I think proxys are nothing but bad news, either a person who is looking for privacy doesn't really get it, intends to do something that they would need to hide from, gives proxy operators a birds eye view of all your online activities.

I think people who feel as though they need privacy would get more out of ensuring that they get a dynamic ip from their isp, disable cookies, clear their cache and mind the software that they use.


--PuRe