As personal data on individuals becomes more and more readily available on the internet and through Google, many people are looking for ways to conceal their browsing history from various sources through the use of proxy websites. These proxy websites allow you to connect to a separate connection through their websites, and browse the web anonymously. This allows the user to conceal their browsing habits from any of the many data collecting websites on the internet. There are many benefits to using proxies for web surfing, some of these include:
- The blocking of cookies. Cookies are notorious security threats when used maliciously. If you have sensitive data hosted online that you browse, or sensitive data on your computer you may want to use a proxy website to eliminate the addition of cookies to your machine. Of course, many browsers have this feature built in, but this is one of many options provided to you by the proxy websites.
- Hide your identity. Most proxy websites give you the option to hide your identity, including where you are from by anonymizing your I.P. address. using your IP address you can be pinpointed to almost the exact location in which you connected to the internet.
- Put a stop to javascript. Javascript can be quite a security threat. Using proxy websites allows you to eliminate that threat by completely removing javascript code from any of the webpages that you load.
These are just a few of the many benefits of using proxy websites while surfing the internet.