What is Anonymous Web Browsing?
Anonymous web browsing is surfing the internet while hiding the user’s IP address and any other information from the websites the user is visiting; anonymity can be achieved by using a proxy server or a virtual private network or VPN server. If the proxy server is trusted proxy, anonymity will be retained. Anonymous web browsing is generally helpful to those internet users who want to ensure that their sessions should be hidden from the hackers or they could not be monitored. For example organizations may want to control access to the particular websites. However, Anonymous Web Servers act as placing a wall between the user and the website which he/she is visiting. These servers can be used to bypass restrictions and visit those sites that might be blocked in a specific country, office or school. Some people only use these servers to protect their on line identity. There are different websites which claim to provide these anonymous web browsing services. Some of them are free services