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How to Surf Anonymously

They collect this information for a variety of reasons. They like to get information and send you spam and adware. Sometimes hackers can get this information and use it for identity theft. But I know you are wondering “how do they get my private information through the Internet?

Let’s see.Internet is based on IP - Internet Protocol - special network protocol designed at the beginning of 70s for U.S. defense purposes, but has become widely used solution today (take a look at http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml for more information). Basically, most today’s computers are connected by IP, and its extension, TCP/IP. We will not dive into details of TCP/IP here, but rather give a short explanation and point to major privacy concerns. Main idea of IP protocol is a set of independent nodes (computers) connected somehow between themselves, each node has unique identifier assigned to it, and special rules exists which help computers exchange data with each other through intermediate computers, called “IP routers”. The unique identifier is called IP address, and every networked computer must have it in order communicate to others. To view your current IP address, run “ipconfig” from command line under Windows, or open web site like www.netconceal.com or www.showmyip.com.Ok, but what’s wrong with my IP address?