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Another group of users of free proxies (I had been in that group in the past), are people living in countries behind state run firewalls/filters. You want to re
by alimoeeny 12y ago
Another group of users of free proxies (I had been in that group in the past), are people living in countries behind state run firewalls/filters. You want to read the news, or even check your email (in some cases) and you need a proxy. You cannot afford to run your own proxy. So you use the free ones, AND YOU KNOW they are not safe, but you don't have a choice.
- dogma1138 12y agoIf you live in one of those countries using the proxy will get you into the same trouble as reading those sites in the first place, heck probably into even more trouble.
- jrochkind1 12y agoAre you guessing, or have you seen actual reports/investigations that say that? I don't think it's so. China, for instance, doesn't have nearly the resources (or at least doesn't choose to use them) to 'get into trouble' anyone who looks at censored content, say, via a proxy. They just make it as difficult as possible to access. One study suggested that even posting unallowed content might escape without censorship (let alone punishment) -- unless the posted content attracts discussion from others, and thus the algorithms make it look like you might actually be organizing. http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/experiment_0.pdf http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/experiment_0.pdf
- eli 12y agoImagine you're sitting in a cafe trying to read nytimes.com. You're not worried about some Cyber Police kicking in the door, you just want a way around the block.