Introduction
Proxy web site is special types of web site in the Internet to show the web site though that proxy web site. It hides your details such as your IP address, Operating System, web browser, location, etc which send to web server when you request the web site. In that case the website receives the proxy site details instead of your details. Today, there is hundreds of proxy website available in the Internet. Some of them are free, but those have some limitations.
Actual Usage/purpose
The proxy site owner’s purpose is to earn the money, no doubt about that. To fulfill that, they use many advertisements, popup when they allow free access.
Usage of these kinds of sites is to view contents which restrict by governments or other public or private organizations for their own purpose. They actually block the entire web address or part of it. For example if they want to block all the web address which consists of ‘mail’ they include it their proxy servers. Then we cannot browse any website consist of ‘mail’ in web address. (There are several blocking methods)
Important: Most of the time, system administrators block the proxy site, then the proxy site no longer available. If they miss the addresses to block it is your chance!
Free Proxy site limitations
Downloading size
Downloading size is site download at a time; you know that the web site first download by the browser before it show in normal web site (but this may vary with buffer concept) sometimes it would be 100kb. But the pay site gives you the ultimate access of the site.
Streaming video
You can also view the streaming video, but it is difficult to view with free proxy servers. Sometimes some proxy servers used to access the streaming content without proxy; therefore your original details would leak to other people. So remember to check the source (using view source option in the web browser) whether or not original site access for streaming before view the content. If original source use, you cannot view it if original web site is blocked.
Direct downloading
As mentioned before, proxy site cannot be use for downloading because of limitation if it free. It takes time to download or it will download as single link. You cannot use the download accelerators.
Security
As a security concern, proxy web site is extremely unsecured because site owner easily view your input specially your passwords, credit card number, etc. Because of that it is not recommended to use proxy web site access your email, online transactions, and other privacy things.
How to avoid security problem in proxy site
First thing is you avid to use proxy site. You cannot 100% avoid the security problem using this. But sometimes it would be required to some situations. So how you avoid the site owners to collect your password, etc?
You do remember that if you log in to your email or some private site, change the password immediately in first of all when you out of proxy site.
Secondly always follow the correct security steps, such as in
Gmail they give you the account verification method through SMS. In that case, the security code receives only to your mobile and proxy site owner do nothing to hack your account. But remember still they can view your data, and get your email address.
