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What is a proxy?

A proxy site is a website that allows you connect to the internet without logging your IP address. It acts as intermediate between you and the site you want to visit. The sites you are connecting to will not see any requests or log entries from your IP address, but from the proxy server instead. Thus, you are able to surf in secrecy and change your IP address.

Pros and Cons of using web proxies

Pros

• You don’t have to install anything
• Easy to use: just type in the desired URL and press Go/Submit
• There are plenty of proxies to choose from
• You can use secure proxies (https) to increase your privacy
• Best way to unblock sites (MySpace, Facebook, YouTube) from school, work or internet cafes
• There are paid versions that are more secured and faster (e.g. htpp://proxy.org)

Cons

• The IP addresses of web proxies are most of the time well-known and often blacklisted
• Streaming applications (like online radio or TV stations) are not supported. So you are not really able to watch YouTube videos
• Your personal information can be intercepted by the proxy owner (except for the https proxies)
• You are not able to choose the country or the location of the IP to be used
• Many proxies are full of ads, some of them being quite annoying (pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, etc)
• Most of the web proxies have a short life.

Source: How-to-Hide-IP.info