Anonymizer is a tool that allows you to conduct online activities without revealing your identity. Technically, it is a proxy server that acts as an intermediary between the user’s gadget and the rest of the network. When using it, the client gives the program access to the Internet, and the anonymizer, in turn, hides the information by which the user can be identified.
Anonymizers are used by a wide range of people for completely different tasks, for example, protecting against identity theft, hiding search history, etc.
This tool has gained wide popularity among people who are dissatisfied with the use of targeted marketing by large companies and seek to obtain objective information. Where can you see it? It is no secret that YouTube video hosting collects information about watched videos and offers similar materials on it, in most cases, targeted website marketing is carried out by displaying advertising on a geographic basis.
Also, anonymizers are valuable when scheduling anonymous votes or other authentication processes.
Types of Anonymizers
- Protocol specific anonymizers
- Anonymizers that do not depend on the protocol
Sometimes anonymizers can be connected in a chain of several units. Such a system enhances the effect and makes potential traffic analysis much more problematic since the interceptor will need more resources and the ability to track different parts of the Internet.
Examples of anonymizing sites are the following resources: Anonymizer, Anonymiz.com, The Cloak, and others.
