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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

(W) So you think you are clever and anonymous when using anon proxies and VPN?




Are you one those people that hide your Internet activity by using anonymous proxies or an anonymous hidden secret VPN solution?

Think you are truly secure and obscure? Think again..

A web proxy service has come under fire after a federal indictment revealed that the company cooperated with U.S. authorities in their investigation into the hacking of SonyPictures.com.

HideMyAss.com, a VPN service that encrypts one's traffic to enable users to surf the web anonymously, was ordered by a U.K. judge, at the request of FBI agents, to release log information about an Arizona man who was arrested Thursday for his role in the Sony intrusion.

SC Magazine article

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