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A Guide To Privacy Software

First I should clarify the two main kinds of privacy software available. Fiirst group protects your PC and information stored on it, this includes the web surfing history, cookies, local images and files associated with your internet browsing. The idea of this software is that when you deleted or removed the traces of your surfing they were not completely destroyed. With the right techs skills it is still possible to recover these details. You'll use this group of software trying to remove and destroying traces of your browsing on your computer.

But Before you spend money on software of this kind remember that most of the browsers now have quite impressive privacy features built in. Check out new products like Chrome's Incognito mode for instance which supposedly doesn't store any data locally on the PC when you browse.The new Bing Browser has some privacy features

The second kind of product in internet privacy are to protect your connection and privacy while online. You may not know but each time you use the internet everything you do is logged and can be traced back to your computer via it's IP address !. Every web request, every email or message is initially logged at your ISP (Internet Service Provider) - this is by far the most complete record of all your online activities. Also you leave a record at every web site you visit where your IP address is also recorded, The vast majority of your browsing probably happens in regular text so it can be harvested, logged or intercepted anywhere on it's journey around in the internet.

So then internet privacy software products in this niche will tend to focus on one or the other of these concerns but you should really protect against all. Here's a summary of features you should look for

1) Encryption - if the product doesn't encrypt your connection then you all your details and browsing will be logged at the ISP (a proxy doesn't help with this).You want this!

2) Anonymous Proxies - to protect your IP address being logged by the web servers you visit, you'll need to surf via a proxy server. Preferably the software should not just route your connection via a free anonymous proxy on the internet - these can be unsafe and very often used are by identity thieves to steal data.

3) Speed - Often overlooked and another reason why you shouldn't use free proxies. Give priority to fast private proxies that you can surf at normal speed.

Now you have an insight into some features that you should be aware of when shopping for internet privacy software,Consider the options to make sure you buy the one that's right for you.

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