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by Harry Constantine

It is known to all that Internet has proved itself as a cost and time efficient tool in the modern world. However, there are various sites on the Internet where your privacy is not protected. In that case, proxy comes in use. But the question is do you really know how to use proxy?

For this question, you need to know what proxies are. Proxies are computer servers that help in surfing the online sites with complete security and good level of privacy. When a website is accessed with a proxy server, private information like your location, browser type, IP address and operating system is eliminated and proxy server acts as the accessing computer. It helps in hiding your computer identity thus maintaining complete privacy and security.

Well, the process of using a web proxy is easy and simple. You do not need to install or download any kind of software. All you need to do is to type the URL of any website and then all connections from the desired URL is redirected via the proxy, thus showing that all the traffic is coming from the proxy.

The proxies help you in accessing any of the online websites without exposing your secret or personal info. You can safely download games, songs, sharing videos, chatting etc without revealing any personal info.

After you learn how to use proxy then you can safely visit any of the online sites. This helps in hiding your personal info as filtering or blocking firewall traces only the proxy server instead of your personal computer.

So now, you must be well aware of how to use proxy correctly because this would help you a lot as you have enough confidence that your personal information will not get into the wrong hands.

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