Is it safe to use proxy servers from public lists on the web?
@Krautland– I was talking about public proxy. Public proxy vs public wifi spot is kinda like “pick your poison”. Someone could be sniffing your traffic at the hotspot just as they could be sniffing it through a compromised proxy. A paid VPN service is better than either, or a VPN pack to your home machine. Tor is NOT secure! Tor is anonymous but not secure. Recently usernames and passwords for embassies were compromised through Tor. Tor is good if you’re in a net censored country for browsing sites your government might not like. It might be good for TV, but I suppose similar bandwith issues would exist and I’m not sure if you can select the country of your exit node so it’s definitely US. Back to the original question: if you run out of bandwith from hotspot shield you could use a public proxy, but make sure you don’t check email while using the proxy. Maybe you could set up a separate
