Securing data while using a proxy

by Ducksauce

Posted: 15 years ago 6 replies

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I am not a tech head, sorry if this is to dumb for some guru's.
I am not in New Zealand at the moment but I wish to been seen as a NZ IP by a site. If I go into Firefox and go into the relevant section to do the proxy thingo, and set it to a NZ proxy, I would like like i am in NZ.

My question is, is it only the data I send through Firefox, I mena the browser, eg terms I write into Google that the owner of the proxy can see. If I was to receive mail in Thunderbird, can they get that too?

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#data #proxy #securing

Ducksauce 15 years ago

So one of these free proxies should be safe for me to check out some sites as a local then?
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DogScout 15 years ago

I used to be able to track a TCP 0packet thru an elite proxy. It is not all that hard. Using a proxy is only good if you have lazy or non-tech-head clients.

(Better to get a New Zealand host... then you are all good. )
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Ducksauce 15 years ago

You mean a NZ proxy host?
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techexpert 15 years ago

Originally Posted by DavidRpnk

Depends. If you are using a proxy, only your webbrowser will gain the NZ IP. If you are using a VPN, everything you do will have a NZ IP.

that's true.. thanks..
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