Hi If this board prevent threads about proxies, please mods close and delete it. I usually use software to change my ip on windows like hotspot shield, ultrasurf and hide-ip, now i am preparing to move permanently to Linux and it is very important to me to use other ips to view blocked sites so now i am changing manually the firefox proxy settings and i am using free anonymous proxies to get the job done. Now my question: I don't care about my privacy, there is no problem that sites gather information about me BUT are my passwords safe when i am using this method of changing my proxy? Lets say i signed in to my youtube account, is it possible that third party can view my password in this case? Please i don't need opinions, I need facts.
Well I only use free proxies for browsing non sensitive stuff like game sites blocked from my office. But for email, paypal and the like, I don't think I'll be using proxies for them.
Thanks for your reply. I want to know for sure if the connection is secure when working with https, is there any possibility that my passwords in danger?
that depends on the proxy owner if he is evil he can log the details but normally its ok to use proxies because proxy owners are interested in making little money via ads but CC , paypal usage in proxies should be avoided.
Thanks for reply but my question was about manually configuring proxy in firefox proxy settings not about phproxy sites.
A proxy server has two purposes: *To keep macjines behind it anonymous (mainly for security) * To speed up access to a resource (via caching).
u mean sock5? well they usually have less validity and die off very soon, and are quite slow compared to phproxy.
I think proxies are not safety to use because some can got unauthorized access to your computer . Which probably you do not want. Or probably they have some sort of virus which can harm your cmputer or affect it any other way.
Only use a proxy for something that requires a password when you control the proxy and the network it's on.