How can I get around regional Internet content restrictions?
Thanks clarkie666, that’s a good list of proxies. But, same as for the HTTP-Tunnel solution above, though using a proxy changed my apparent IP, Yahoo can still tell I’m in France. Merde! I tried several proxies in the US, marked “anonymous”, “highly anonymous”, and “transparent”. Still, Yahoo knows I’m a frog, so no more Eels for me. What eveur! Here’s a good discussion on the difficulty of hiding your IP address. When you use an anonymous proxy, sites can still use cookies, Javascript, Java, or ActiveX to figure out your real IP address. Apparently there’s a solution if you set up a LAN or if you configure your firewall specially and use port mapping, but it gets a bit complicated. Still looking for a solution… I’m not trying to commit any crimes, honest. I just don’t want web sites to know where I am. It’s not even a privacy issue, really (yet). Like signal, I just don’t want my user experience to be messed up d
