Many school classrooms primarily use computers and the ‘net to gather
and save information. More and more colleges are offering entire
learning environments via a web-based medium where no physical
classroom is even necessary. Employers are also following suite and
using the Internet as a mass communication tool for employers to
interact electronically with one another with little cost. With this
significant increase in the ‘net’s usefulness, there has come about
stronger laws governing exactly what content is distributed.
These laws impose restrictions and filters on the web. A proxy is a
computer that acts as a middle man between the website you want to
access and your computer behind th efilter. Not only do proxies allow
access to MySpace from school and colleges, but they are also almost
necessary to use in the work environment. Employers are able to browse
and track every single website their employees visits at work. An
anonymous web based proxy can ensure privacy when surfing the web.
Access to otherwise filtered websites, and securing browsing privacy
are two great benefits of a CGI based anonymizer proxy. Another great
benefit, not to be overlooked, is also the security offered when
browsing the net through a proxy. As great of an educational tool the
internet has become, it is also a nefarious medium for advertisers to
distribute all sorts of unwanted advertisement including: spam, pop
ups, viruses, and predominantly spyware.
A CGI proxy allows anyone using it to block cookies that track browsing
habits for these ads to ensure your computer’s safety, privacy, and
right to browse the internet as it was meant to be seen: An uncensored
medium.