PROXY SERVER:

Every time you reach out to a website or connect with anyone online, your online connection gives your computer “address” to the site/person you’re connecting with. 

This is so that the other end knows how to send information back to your computer. 

That address is your public IP address.

IP stands for Internet Protocol and you can check yours by going to whoer.net .

Without an IP address, you wouldn’t be able to do any Internet/online activity and  

others online wouldn’t be able to reach you.

It is how you connect to the world.  

Your IP address comes from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). 

Unfortunately, there are a lot of 

privacy concerns when it comes to public IP addresses such as

• Your IP address identifies where you are in the world, sometimes to the  

street level.

• It can be used by websites to block you from accessing their content.

• It ultimately ties your name and home address to your IP address, because  

someone is paying for an Internet connection at a specific location.

A proxy lets you go online under a different IP address identity. You don’t change  

your Internet provider; you simply get a proxy server. A proxy server is a computer  

on the web that redirects your web browsing activity. Here’s what that means.

• Normally, when you type in a website name (Amazon.com or any other),  

your Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes the request for you and connects  

you with the destination-and reveals your real IP address, as mentioned  

before.

• When you use a proxy, your online requests get rerouted.

• While using a proxy, your Internet request goes from your computer to your  

ISP as usual, but then gets sent to the proxy server, and then to the website/destination. 

Along the way, the proxy uses the IP address you chose  

in your setup, masking your real IP address. 

Proxy servers are commonly used by identity thieves to fake their location to the  

cardholder’s billing address. The reason for that is because some websites will not  

allow a transaction to be accepted, if the purchase is being made from a location  

much farther away than the cardholder’s billing address.