Do You Need to Surf Anonymously?

An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld has up an article entitled 'How to Surf Anonymously without a Trace'. It purports to offer tips on how to avoid detection by anyone attempting to monitor your internet access. 'If you don't like the limitations imposed on you by [proxy] sites like the Cloak or would simply prefer to configure anonymous surfing yourself, you can easily set up your browser to use an anonymous proxy server to sit between you and the sites you visit. To use an anonymous proxy server with your browser, first find an anonymous proxy server. Hundreds of free, public proxy servers are available, but many frequently go offline or are very slow. Many sites compile lists of these proxy servers, including Public Proxy Servers and the Atom InterSoft proxy server list.'"

Just because you asked....

[Anonymous Coward]

....yes.

Any other time, the answer would be "not really".

Don't need anonymity...

[Anonymous Coward]

Why would anyone need to access the web anonymously?

Re:Nothing that I am aware of

[jjsavage]

I'm not sure what the FBI would do with all of my private e-mail, but if being reminded to pick up milk on the way home from work is a crime, I should be on death row by now.

Re:Change MAC when renewing DHCP?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sweet! so putting a BSD program under the start menu will make it change automatically on every DHCP renew? cool!

I love it when IT experts like you post!

Re:That's it?

[crabpeople]

Well you know in all those hacker movies that are like "hes routing through russia" and they trace the "hops" down till they localize it to a house? Bunch of proxies my friend.

Re:Public Proxy != Anonymous

[Anonymous Coward]

...get your money through the divorce.

Consider dating intelligent women, instead of skanky bitches. I sthat you, K-Fed [wikipedia.org]?