When Daily Web Proxies Don’t Work – New Addition to idcloak’s Knowledge Centre
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) July 25, 2013 -- idcloak publishes a new article which takes a look at the inherent frustrations of using daily web proxies to unblock websites on censored internet connections, and recommends an alternative technnology.
Proxy websites are released every day to stay one step ahead of the censoring filters which continuously block access to newly discovered proxy IP addresses. This ongoing competition between blockers and unblockers is often likened to the game of whack-a-mole.
However, as Robin Welles, the author of the article, explains, evading filters is just one of a number of frustrations that follow daily proxy use, “The two largest problems that face users of these temporary proxy sites are, firstly, compatibility with the sites the user wishes to access: in our tests, Facebook, for example, has in each occasion failed to load with even 90% functionality.”
“Another problem is the performance of these proxies – there are literally tens of thousands of users competing for maybe a hundred regularly published new proxy sites. Bandwidth on the servers is shared between these visitors and browsing becomes unusably slow. And if that weren't enough, there are all the adverts on proxy sites.”
Welles also underlines the dangers of these low-grade proxies, “There exists some concern that web proxies are closely watched by the very governments who are censoring the local user. Surveillance is increasingly being seen as a better method of policing the internet than censorship. This means users are attracting attention to themselves when accessing known proxies. They need to be careful.”
idcloak itself offers a public proxy web browser list but only as a precursor to what the firm says is a highly dependable anonymizing technology due for release in early September. “Our pro VPN service basically offers a solution to all the problems of free web proxies – no site compatibility issues, no competition problems and secret dedicated IP addresses that no one knows but the individual user.”
The article encourages those who can afford a VPN subscription to make the move to VPN technology, thereby freeing up valuable bandwidth on free proxies for those unable to pay to unblock, “There is a strong community spirit amongst proxy users – it’s something we want to continue to be a part of even after rolling out a paid service.”
For more, visit idcloak.com.
Gill-Chris Welles, idcloak Technologies Inc., http://www.idcloak.com, 786-210-9280, [email protected]
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