I am really concerned too. Makes me never want to use it.

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To the MPAA and RIAA: Don’t wound what you can’t kill.

I think tor is great. While I'm a big fan of tor, i personally would not use it for extended periods of time. I think there is a lot of info in the wiki about this.

Anyways, You may want to look into mute/ants too.

I dunno about mute. When I tried it, I did a simple search, opened the PG window and watched as about a dozen companies tried to connect to me, mostly Disney (I guess some people would want their stuff, but I'm not one of them). Frankly, I think mute might have been cracked by some of the anti-p2p corps.

-Misty

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guys if best way to hide your ip is to use proxies you find and check yourself.

i use http://proxys4u.proboards24.com/index.cgi there you can recheck the proxies they have found adn use them.

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One word ....Ghostsurf....hide ip

Just a word about GhostSurf (Pro):

1. Very hard to set up on your computer (getting it to allow apps to connect to the net without being blocked).

2. Crashes unexpectedly and then the setup has to be done all over again.

3. Have to purchase the "upgrades" for it to be of any value. In my case, I used GhostSurf Pro several years ago.

I finally quit using it because of all the problems it gave me. Maybe the new GhostSurf 2007 Platinum works better, but it still costs money. Tor is a viable alternative to GhostSurf and I am using it now when I want "anonymity" on the net.

http://www.tenebril.com/consumer/platinum-rb-bundle.php

Overall, I wouldn't recommend wasting your money on this one. But, this is just one person's opinion. I believe that a person should research apps (of any kind) and decided for himself/herself what is best for him/her.

In my opinion, Tor seems to be better than any other hide ip tools out there. I've been using it for almost a year now (everyday), and it's great. It does have a learning curve to it, but for the most part, it's very effective.

I've read about proxy servers out there, that paid softwares are using and at the same time, those proxy servers are setup by the FBI and they're called "honeypots". It's very risky to pay for any anonymizer software.. and here are a few reasons why....

1. If you're paying/paid for it, then you are not anonymous, and you've defeated the purpose. Your info is on record from that point.
2. Those softwares scan for open ports, and then use them... and you may be surfing through a honeypot setup, and if your ip is logged through one of those proxy servers, the FBI WILL be coming to where you're at.... AFTER they allow you to continue with the services, and capture all your information you type and places you go to.
3. Mostly all proxy services/software you use will connect you to wherever using a different ip address, and keep the same ip address as long as you're on the service/software. In retrospect, you're still not anonymous because that same ip address is being used throughout your internet ventures, which means you're still trackable. With Tor, it's different... when you run Tor, you have an ip address.. and when you go from web site to web site... and even from web page to web page from within the same site, your ip address changes. I've verified that numerous times. Although nothing is 100%... that is very effective, and not only that, my isp can't track my ventures using Tor.

If you want to be anonymous while on the internet, then your ip address must constantly change to be effective, and so far Tor has been the only tool I know that does that.

4. Tor was designed where as even it can't trace you... it was stated on their site that that's how it was designed. With other softwares and proxy services, they DO have a log on you while you're going through their networks, whereas with Tor, it bounces you from network to network, all having different ip addresses.

I am on more than one isp, and when I setup a torrent before and tested it with my other computer, it didn't reveal my real ip address. I tried it on a web site too that shows the ip addresses of the connected peers, and I still didn't see my real ip address. Now I'm trying to figure out what I did so I can replicate it, and then pass it on so others can use it effectively to p2p and still hide their real ip address. I'm still working on it.

But whatever you use, just be careful of the software you choose, and paying for a solution isn't always the best way. There are plenty of FREE alternatives out there, just like PeerGuardian 2.

And lastly,, Tor, just like anything else has it's good and it's bad. People do take good things and do bad things with them. Tor has been great to me, and even though I see some Tor blocks on my PG2, it doesn't deter me because I'm blocking them, and while I'm surfing my ip is constantly changing. With that and PG2, I feel a bit safer than without them.... and I use Jetico Firewall.

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Have a look at JAP

hawkproxy.com
fastassproxy.com
yourproxy.com
school-unblock.com