want 2 feel safe

i read somewhere in this forum about proxy's. a few people gave links to some that they use but i can't find the thread. if anyone could give me the links to some simple easy to use proxy it would be greatly appreciated..

Proxify - i like this one

Web proxies are very slow, I usually use proxies from FREE SOCKS 5 PROXY, SOCKS LIST FREE . FAST NEW FRESH FREE PUBLIC SOCKS 5 PROXY

Click "check" to see if the proxies are working, and use the proxies with the lowest response time. I don't use proxies with a response time of more than 7K ms as they're too damn slow for my needs.

When you find a good proxy and are using Firefox - Go to Tools>Options>Advanced>Network and click "Settings..." under Connection then select "Manual Proxy Configuration" and enter the proxy IP next to "SOCKS Host:" and the Port next to "Port:"

The IP and Port are shown like XX.XXX.XX.XXX:XXXX, the IP is the first set of numbers and the port, separated by :, is the second set of numbers. If you want to go back to your original connection just check "Direct connection to the Internet" where you entered the proxy info.

For IE6 - Go to Tools>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings and check "Use a proxy server for your LAN (blah dial-up VPN turkey twat)" then click on "Advanced" and enter the proxy and port next to "Socks:" and click OK. Deselect "Use a proxy server for your LAN (blah dial-up VPN turkey twat)" to go back to your original connection.

I think that covers it all but I'm a little bit stoned so I dunno. I have never used IE7 but it should be about the same for that.

wtf is a proxy and why do we need it? now i'm paranoid. sounds like something i should be doing.

Its a server, sort of. It hides your identity. Peace