Spyware and OPSEC

[IB1]

As well as some of the above I also use "CyberGhost" proxy servers which hide your ip address from any casual observers and websites that you visit. Its free to use up to 1Gb per month and unlike the browser based proxies i used to use this one is a small download onto your pc and doesn't cause any problems when signing into your various accounts etc.

The only thing it causes problems with for me is my email, especially gmail, google detects a different ip address from your normal one and will make you verify your account so i switch off my email before running it.

It is worth bearing in mind that although website owners wont be able to see your ip address, if the authorities demanded your details from cyberghost I have no doubt they would hand them over as they want to stay in business, but it does prevent the casual observer finding out too much about you. most of the servers that the free account logs you onto are based in Germany.

As the free service only allows 1Gb download a month it is no good for downloading films, music etc but for viewing forums and websites it is ideal.