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I'm based in New Zealand, is there a safe way of surfing anonymously to avoid our Government's Big Brother internet clobbering policies?

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jacob peac... jacob peac...
 
 March 12, 2009 07:09 PM
Try using one of the following operating systems. I have used both and find them both to be very stable and reliable for anonymity. I would recommend using an OS geared for anonymity rather than just running applications.

Anonym.OS
"kaos.theory's Anonym.OS LiveCD is a bootable live cd based on OpenBSD that provides a hardened operating environment whereby all ingress traffic is denied and all egress traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and/or anonymized."
You can learn more here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonym-os/

Incognito
"Incognito is an open source Live Distro based on Gentoo Linux assisting you to securely and anonymously use the Internet almost anywhere you go, e.g. your home, work, university, favorite Internet cafe or local library. Incognito can be used from either a CD or a USB drive and has several Internet applications (Web browser, IRC client, Mail client, Instant messenger, etc.) pre-configured with security in mind, and all Internet traffic will be anonymized."
You can learn more here: http://www.browseanonymouslyanywhere.com/incognito/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=41



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cyber34 cyber34
 
March 12, 2009 08:55 AM
Tor (or the onion router) is a fancy little way of staying anonymous online.
http://www.torproject.org/

You should make sure you understand what it does do, in helping you anonymize your traffic.
http://www.torproject.org/download.html.en#Warning

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albanian albanian
 
March 12, 2009 09:01 AM
I don't know what type of problem you have in New Zealand but the free browser Google Chrome has an "anonymous" mode that might help.
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http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/google.html


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cp24 cp24
 
March 12, 2009 09:02 AM
Couple of products available. You can simply Google VPN as it can 'hide' your real IP Address. The free one is Hotspot Shield.
http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/
The catch: it installs toolbar.

Paid alternatives:
Always VPN - From USD 8.50 for 5GB of traffic
https://ssl.alwaysvpn.com/

HotSpotVPN
http://www.hotspotvpn.com/
from USD 3.88 per day.

Personally, I have tried the HotSpotShield. The ads and toolbars are not that annoying.

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