How to Surf Web Anonymously?

Many times, we all would like to surf the web anonymously for Privacy from other people or for the Privacy from the Web.


By surfing web anonymously one can maintain a good distance with hackers and other intruders. No one will know who you are, where you're connecting from or what sites you are visiting. Isn’t that sounding good? J

It is estimated that 90% of all computers are infected with some form of spyware that may track keystrokes, allowing criminals to learn passwords and bank account numbers—essentially giving them access to anything and everything on your computer.

As you all know An IP address is necessary for the Internet to work. The only way a Web server can send the contents to your browser is if it has your computer's IP address on the network. Cookies are another way for an outside source to track your web surfing habits. They're basically designed to save your time on your subsequent visits, but they run risk of collecting information about you. However, cookies cannot be used to run code (run programs) or to deliver viruses to your computer.

Cookies and IP addresses alone may not give away your personal information, but when these clues are combined with other Web surfing data -- like your search history -- you could unwittingly disclose your identity to hackers, scam artists or investigators.

In order to hide your identity online identity, the one of most effective way is to use anonymous proxy servers. An anonymous proxy server (sometimes called a web proxy) generally attempts to anonymize web surfing by erasing your IP address from any page requests and substitutes its own. The server in this case receives requests from the anonymizing proxy server, and thus does not receive information about the end user's address. The most popular kind of anonymous proxy servers are Web-based proxies. All you have to do is go to the Web site of the proxy service, enter the desired URL in a special address box and the service will relay the request to the Web server anonymously. The bottom line of this is to be wary when using anonymizing proxy servers, and only use proxy servers of known integrity (e.g., the owner is known and trusted, has a clear privacy policy, etc.), and never use proxy servers of unknown integrity.

Even though Anonymous proxy servers are a good to way to mask your IP address, but still good amount of info about your surfing habits are still stored in your computer. To deal with this, delete your browsing history manually. For example to delete browsing history in Google Chrome, go to the Tools menu, select "History," select a recent Web site and click "Delete history for this day. Similarly you can delete the browsing history from other web browsers too (check Help for respective browsers).You can also control how your browser handles cookies.  You can change your browser settings either accept/block cookies from all sites or block third-party cookies.

Since anonymous Web surfing is gaining ground, the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome have included special settings for surfing without a trace. By enabling these settings, your browser won't save your surfing history, search queries, cookies, download history or passwords.

Here is how you activate anonymous surfing in some the more popular Web browsers:

·     In Internet Explorer 8, open a new tab and select "Browse with InPrivate."

·     In Safari, under the main Safari menu, you can check a setting called "Private Browsing."

·     In Google Chrome, click on the page icon next to the URL window and select "Open New   Incognito Window.

I use Google Chrome and have been surfing in New Incognito window for sometime now without any issues. So, guys check out!!. Last but not the least…I do surfing in incognito mode to save myself from my wife surprise checks. J