1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Best practice to protect your privacy - VMs or Proxies?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Chad.Kimball, Mar 12, 2014.

0
  1. #1
    Wondering what the general consensus is-how do you protect your privacy online? Do you prefer using a Virtual Machine or just using a separate proxy for your personal life and your work life?
     
    Chad.Kimball, Mar 12, 2014 IP
    shauryas likes this.
  2. Anorios

    Anorios Member

    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    40
    #2
    Purchasing a VPN has been of the best decision for me. I use HideMyAss (Premium), and it really helps protecting my privacy online. Its also very useful if I need something thats only available to some countries local(Netflix,Spotify, Hulu) or even when I need to check some random google rankings :)

    One thing that a lot of people don't know that no website can see your MAC address, unless you allow it to run local Java programs. So VPN, clean cookies can offer you a good privacy protection.
     
    Anorios, Mar 17, 2014 IP
    BRAIN_PAIN likes this.
  3. Johnnygood

    Johnnygood Active Member

    Messages:
    33
    Likes Received:
    6
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    58
    #3
    Ya go with VPN this should be enough and less problematic than VM

    Thanks,
    Johnny
     
    Johnnygood, Mar 17, 2014 IP
  4. blackhunter250

    blackhunter250 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    447
    Likes Received:
    34
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    140
    #4
    blackhunter250, Apr 8, 2014 IP
  5. Mark_Anthony

    Mark_Anthony Active Member

    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    60
    #5
    use online proxies they are much easier to use and free of charge example of trustworthy proxy site is https://www.zend2.com

    i used for years this site without problem.
     
    Mark_Anthony, Apr 8, 2014 IP
  6. chinesegirl07

    chinesegirl07 Active Member

    Messages:
    298
    Likes Received:
    10
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    53
    #6
    I used both VPN and online proxies. For VPN i prefer using cyberghost or hidemyass both stable and fast connection. When I'm at work and lots of application is running I use proxies, the one im using is http://freshproxies.co to bypass some site. Both of them are very useful though Im not familiar with virtual machine. But now a days VPN and proxies is enough. Hope it helps.
     
    chinesegirl07, Sep 13, 2014 IP
  7. James Christy

    James Christy Greenhorn

    Messages:
    58
    Likes Received:
    4
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    13
    #7
    Tor is a great way to protect your privacy.
    https://www.torproject.org/
     
    James Christy, Sep 16, 2014 IP
  8. Krellen

    Krellen Greenhorn

    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    2
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    18
    #8
    It really depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Privacy from who? Using a VPN is probably your best bet.
     
    Krellen, Sep 19, 2014 IP
  9. robbo1000

    robbo1000 Active Member

    Messages:
    82
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    53
    #9
    Deffo use vpn and not free proxies!
    Make sure you use recognised software. But remember your mac address is permanent ....checkout http://hidemyipfordownloading.com/
     
    Last edited: Oct 5, 2014
    robbo1000, Oct 5, 2014 IP
  10. ghmanz

    ghmanz Greenhorn

    Messages:
    31
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    6
    #10
    robbo1000...I agree.

    There are many options so choose carefully. http://www.hideiponline.com has good non biased reviews. Read a bunch of different sites before deciding though.
     
    ghmanz, Nov 21, 2014 IP
  11. blank_czech

    blank_czech Active Member

    Messages:
    37
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    56
    #11
    I use a VPN and/or Tor (using the TorBrowser project). Both are relatively cheap ways to safeguard your privacy.
     
    blank_czech, Dec 6, 2014 IP