A lot of internet users use proxy to hide the IP address so that they can surf anonymously or to circumvent the Internet censorship in their countries and get access to many websites. Also for services which are only available in specific countries. But a lot of proxy users don’t know that using proxy servers is associated with risks like:
- An infected or malicious proxy server can be used to load malware into your browser or redirect you to a phishing website.
- A proxy can alter the requests you make to a website or service on the Internet to generate results that meet someone else's intentions.
- A proxy server monitors and logs your activity. Therefore, it stores lots of information about you that can be used for identification at a later date.
- Depending on how it was configured, a proxy server can provide unencrypted data where encrypted data was previously provided by the website or service you are using. This can expose you to network sniffing and having others monitor what you are doing on the Internet. **source**: http://www.digitalcitizen.life/simple-questions-what-proxy-server-why-would-you-use-one
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The main reason why I wrote this post is to show you how to avoid malicious proxy servers using this website: https://proxycheck.haschek.at/
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