Re: looking for a suitable proxy

"unstablemicrosoft" <unstablemicrosoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Using security services that have a very high security, such as those that
send heavily encrypted data, can be counterproductive and attract
attention,
because someone who would use one of those would probably have something
to
hide. Wouldn't the NSA or the Israelities/israelies (?) be interested ?

Hardly - there's a lot of traffic going across the Internet in SSL right
now, and I doubt there's a lot that can be done about intercepting and
decoding that.

I'm just looking for a secure proxy, without taking extreme measures with
regard to security. A proxy service through which a lot of traffic would
go
would be good, I'm less likely to be noticed that way. In the first place
I
want to protect myself against criminals, hackers, nosy people,
organizations
and yes, I don't want Big Brother (the state) looking over my shoulder. A
proxy in control by a non-profit organization or some other organization
that
would fight for my privacy, even if pressed by law or security officials
or
advanced social engineering, would probably be good. Is more anonymity
better
?

Why don't you just ... not send stuff over the Internet? Then super-smart
crypto-hackers can't scan and intercept your traffic.

I wonder in which Homeland Security would be interested ...

If they have a legitimate reason to be interested in you, then you really
shouldn't be given advice on how to encrypt. If they have an illegitimate
reason to be interested in you, they will waste their money and time trying
to figure out what useless trivia you think is important to your small (to
them) life - and that's good too, because they'll eventually figure out that
it's not a good thing.

Also important is speed. Often, proxies slow down speed, and I'm using a
broadband connection. Essentially my computer name AND IP are static,
would
proxies hide them ?

I know you can't get 100% anonymity, but that's ok.

What about www.the-cloak.com ?

I live in Western Europe. Any recommendations ?

Yes. Paranoia is not a good state to be living in, no matter what part of
the world you inhibit.

Alun.
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