Are using anonymous proxies from a proxy list safe?
Here is the simple and direct answer. Most free and so called anonymous proxies are run by hackers. They use them to plant software on your computer to not only steal your information but to use your computers IP address and connection to do more hacking. The recent Facebook, Twitter etc denial of service attacks were run form thousands of computers around thew world that had been compromised in such a way. The ones that are not run by hackers are run by marketing companies looking to advertise and get data on how to promote better advertising. One free service like this is actually run by a marketing company that claims they can sell trarget lists of consumers names with all of their preferences and such. The only way they are doing that is by looking at your data as it flows through their free service. If you want actual security get a professionally run personal VPN that is reliable and actually secures your connection and encrypts all the data. This is what big business uses for th
