Before you can enjoy the internet and browse safely, internet security is the very first thing you must think of. Securely surfing the internet gives you total freedom but unknown to many, each time you connect your computer to the internet, every bit of your information is exposed and may be compromised. Starting with your IP address, then to your browsing location, browser, device, pages you visited, your personal data can be accessed even without you knowing it.
Besides, browsing securely give you access to many restricted websites. Maybe your local IP has been restricted or your country is being restricted and you don’t have access to certain sites, securely and anonymous browsing gives you access to such restricted websites.
And to my fellow bloggers and webmasters, secure browsing ensures your data and your information are well secured, encrypted and not accessible to intruders. It will protect your personal data, your login details. This reduces the chance of your site getting hacked to a great extent.
How do I browse Securely??
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The very best way to browse securely and anonymously without anyone tracking you, without being restricted from restricted sites is to change your IP address, you might be wondering why IP changing has got anything to do with internet security. Well, your IP address is the major lead that can give others access to your online privacy and one of the very best method to prevent your IP being known is to change it with one of these steps I’m going to share with you.
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1. Virtual Private Network
Abbreviated as VPN, Virtual Private Networks are are premium tools that change your IP address automatically as soon as you set it up on your computer. Not all these VPN programs are free, to use most of them you must subscribe to the service with a little amount. For better performance with a VPN provider, a paid service is worth it. I have been using VPN for more than 2 years now and it has been helping a lot Here are the list of VPN you might consider using: PDProxy, HMAProxy, YourFreedom, Sandwich, etc.
2. Manually Change your IP
To be able to browse securely and anonymously, like I suggested you must get your real IP address changed. to search for IP addresses for a specific location go to hidemyass.com, there are lots of sites where you can look for proxies but I always use hidemyass.com. Now I will briefly show you how to change your IP address manually. On Firefox, click on Tools > Options > click on Network tab > Settings > click on manual Proxy Configuration > enter your Proxy and Port in the space provided and click OK
Note: The above steps on how to change IP was taken using Mozilla Firefox, however other browsers too have similar steps but you can check this post for full details on that.
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3. Web Proxy
There are many sites online in which changing of IP to an anonymous location is their main service or among their services. You can use this free proxy to surf anonymously online, secure your internet connection, hide your internet history, protect your online identity and more importantly, hide your IP address. I’m not giving 100% assurance in using online proxy sites to access restricted site and to change IP as sometimes those free web proxy are usually messed up and don’t give desired results. Here are short list of aeb proxies I have used so far: hidemysass.com, armyproxy.com.
4. Free Proxy Software
Just like VPN programs, there are also free proxy software you can use to browse securely and anonymously and to hide your identity online. After you have successfully installed one on your computer,connect normally to internet, and connect your free proxy software to change your ip and browse anonymously and securely. You may need to manually change your browser settings before you can get these programs to work though. Here are the lists of Free Proxy I can recommend: Vidalia Tor, Hotspot Shield, Ultrasurf, and lots more.
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5. Browser Addons or Extensions
Internet usage is getting a lot easier and better! Browsers add-ons and extension can also be used to change your IP address. There are lots of Mozilla and Google Chrome Add-ons & extension to change your IP address, this is a very easy task to do, you just need to install the add-ons or extension on your browser to get your IP address changed. Examples are Anonymox for Mozilla and Hidemyass for Chrome.
This a good post on how to Change Your IP Address and Browse Securely & Anonymously. Thanks for the post.
Hello Tunde, what a nice post you got there welcome on board
Welcome King, thanks for your Recommendation
its good to browse securely to protect yourself but the best way to protect yourself is to caution yourself from online awoofs and greediness.
If you can control that two you are 60% safe from hackers.
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@samex4rill: Yeah Well most hackers use awoofs as their hacking strategies which are mostly known and easily detected by Pros, thanks for your comment and warning
I’ll go for web proxies. That’s the easiest way. The only problem is that some script of website can’t load completely due to limitation. But still useful enough to browse with different location and secured.
Sometimes too I do use web proxies, but their limitations vary with websites, I have used some that didn’t even change the IP address (:
Thanks for your Comment and Contribution 🙂
Awesome, but I have not got a situation when I have to use it. But, if I use it then surely it will be hidemyass.com.
Yeah Hideymyass really seems to be the best in this field, additionally hidemyass has tools to make changing of IP address more easy
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Oh, thanks for sharing this. Its helpful.
You Welcome Oloyede
Some time IP addess become the great security concern. Therfore your tips will be helpful to protect from it. I really appreciate for this post.
for proxy software, i recommended ultrasurf easy to use also SecurityKiss is good choices for free VPN software
Thanks for your recommendation and your comment Kangtopjer, i’ve used ultrasurf for some times never try SecurityKiss, but sure will try that too
nice post, kullhead are you really a cool headed person
Nice One, Hidemyass is a good one, I’v used proxify in the past but it’s no longer free, there’s another one they call proxybrowsing
hidemyass seems better and deliver accurate result in changing ip address, thanks for your comment Chuka
Lol liked your imagination of choosing an image in the post. Great going 😀 BTW thanks for the tips 🙂
proxy servers are the best to hide IP Addresses normaly people who works in office use proxy servers like me.
I like this ,I go get HMA
I have a private VPS and I’m using it to change my IP. Thanks for sharing this informative and nice tutorial.
you are welcome, Thanks for sharing your ideas and comment.
After you set up a proxy, check your IP with http://myloaction.org
Sometimes this site can see your real IP behind anonymous proxy.
the righ url is http://mylocation.org
I prefer private vps or free proxy software cos most times surfing the web anonymously is very important
people know that the easiest way to change ip address is to use a vpn software, some are willing to pay for it while some don’t think it is that important.
i pay for main cus i want total privacy
https://www.hidemyass.com/vpn/r17979/
I want to change the Ip address on my TECNO phantom pad ll,, am in Nigeria,.. Please someone need to help me on what to do?
Now a day IP changing is easy. There are so many software and proxy providers available that help to change your IP address and surf the internet securely. Personally, I prefer proxy service to change my IP address. To learn more about the proxy visit: https://microleaves.com