#anonymous proxy server

[novelistparty]

so you've probably been warned against clicking strange links and to especially avoid revealing your personal information online, even in "private" accounts. But what about a "cute" spin-the-wheel link above a tumblr poll?? (like the post in the following screenshot)

FYI: getting people to click an external link is a great strategy for gathering more details about a mostly anonymous user in a forum or tumblr or wherever. Here's some reasons why: 1. If you shared a unique link in a restricted forum or channel or community or chatroom or public fandom blog or at the end of a fic on ao3, you can be sure only the people of interest could click on it 2. That URL could lead to fucking anything of their choosing. Do they want to do an intensive browser fingerprint or get a log of IP addresses? Do they want to estimate the hardware specs of everyone's machines? Do they want to try loading other things on the page to test for adblockers or other blacklists? (an additional kind of profiling) 3. People LOVE to give away identifying information for the sake of a poll or cute name generator. Here are some questions I've seen recently and what information it can point to: - First anime? (fuzzy proxy for age and country) - First celebrity crush? (fuzzy proxy for age and country) - First album? (fuzzy proxy for age and country) - First name using first letter of last name, Last name using birthday month (do I need to spell this out? last name and birthday month) - What word do you use for [common item]? (region, language, culture, class) - Getting people to talk about astrology (you've all given away your birth month for free, wtf) Another fun fact about "Spin The Wheel" links: they can generate ad revenue for someone! Fun fact about Quizzes: they can help build deeper advertising profiles for linkbait sites like facebook or buzzfeed or the daily mail or tmz Another fun fact: besides the info the Spin The Wheel or Name Generator pages save direct to the server, the page can encode that information back into where the wheel stops or the name it gives you. That makes it easier to gather information because it's recorded 1st on the server (controlled by person fishing to unmask someone) 2nd back in the post notes or in the discord channel or wherever. And we all know how much people want to gab about the Fun poll or survey or quiz and reveal even more information. Another fun fact about Spin the Wheel or Name Generator or Quiz pages: You might be seeing a list of options nobody else saw that only appear for IP addresses from a certain region! And if you post your result (that would be mostly unique) it's an INSTANT indication that the person from [region] is logged in. (same goes for browser fingerprint - which device a certain person has) I remember a line from an article about digital detectives (I think it was feds tracking dark web stuff), it said they wait for YEARS for someone to post or log in just to confirm a person of interest was in a certain place at a certain time. You and I probably don't remember the information we leaked years and years ago in the notes of a post or on a retweet of some idiot, but any people who might want to figure you out probably have a huge spreadsheet with everything recorded. They can and do analyze and annotate it all, and can start to narrow down where you are, how old you are, your interests, hobbies, class background, devices you use etc. You might be thinking: "but I don't worry about federal agents or intelligence agencies, why do I care?" What if tomorrow your post goes viral, truly globally Viral? You can go from tumblr nobody to target for stalkers and/or hate crimes instantly. An even more serious example from this year: What if you've been advocating for years for people that are now scapegoat of the day for the fascists? What if a federal agent is tasked with creating a list of "those people" for surveillance? The less information you have unintentionally posted about yourself the better. A perhaps more personal and private example: what if you had to get away from a city or country or person or persons or family and didn't want them to follow you? People with a grudge will go to great lengths to get back at someone

[gatheredfates]

I am thinking about the Compendium.

I am... I don't think disheartened is the right word—I feel like that implies it's targeted at other people/the community when the contemplation and consideration is aimed inwardly to myself—but I can't quite surmise the best word to sum up how I feel.

I know I would have liked to have had more Free Company / Event / Community focused spaces by now, but I think that's self-inflicted. I think my adherence to wanting permission from server owners has created a rod for my back in that not every server owner is on tumblr, has time to submit their communities or may even know of the Compendium in general. It's lead to me needing to do a bulk of the reaching out as well as recording and maintaining the document.

Which, don't get me wrong, I enjoy! I've had success! But I don't really have time for it between working full time, caring for my partner, running my other projects and actually having time for myself / my interests / my ocs and stories. There's a level of investment in trying to find the communities, join them, reach out to the owners and then copy all the information into the Compendium—time I'm realising I don't always have (unfortunately).

What it means is that I'm left with three options. One is to just suck it up and try to do it anyway, risking burnout in the process. Two is to appoint people to reach out on my / the Compendium's behalf; a job I wouldn't ask anyone to do unless they wanted to volunteer and, even then, I'm kinda eh about. Three is to reassess the Compendium's categories and change up what I accept.

I feel like the latter is the best. While consent is still important to me, I'm tempted to operate on adding Community and Event discords on the basis of them having public links (in the way I openly advertise Seafloor) is implied consent to be added to the Compendium—in the same way I don't mind if people link Seafloor in their Discords. It would be for these servers only ("Communities" in this instance being servers catered to a specific part of xiv storytelling / roleplay; e.g. a Doman Community, a WoL-centric community, etc. and events being like cafes, fight clubs, public in-character spaces—you get the idea), but means that people can anonymously submit communities and events they are a part of, rather than needing to ask their leaders, and I have a greater chance capture more spaces.

Free Companies and Casual servers would still require submission, due to their more intimate nature, but I don't think that's a huge setback? However, whether you're a Free Company leader or not, if you have a suggestion for a better method, I'm all ears.

Obviously, if people don't want their spaces on the Compendium, they can message me and I will remove them. That aspect won't change. I'm just wanted to alleviate some of my workload whilst also... kinda giving myself more work by proxy. It makes sense in my brain.

If the overwhelming answer is no, I'll go back to the drawing board. I don't think it's a bad idea, but there might be something I'm overlooking.

Anyway, if you've read this far, thanks for your time!! I care you. I'm going to bed. I may not respond to replies here until tomorrow. 💖

[mariacallous]

Over the last decade, the Kremlin's most aggressive cyberwar unit, known as Sandworm, has focused its hacking campaigns on tormenting Ukraine, even more so since Russian president Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Russia's neighbor. Now Microsoft is warning that a team within that notorious hacking group has shifted its targeting, indiscriminately working to breach networks worldwide—and, in the last year, has seemed to show a particular interest in networks in English-speaking Western countries.

On Wednesday, Microsoft's threat intelligence team published new research into a group within Sandworm that the company’s analysts are calling BadPilot. Microsoft describes the team as an “initial access operation” focused on breaching and gaining a foothold in victim networks before handing off that access to other hackers within Sandworm’s larger organization, which security researchers have for years identified as a unit of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. After BadPilot's initial breaches, other Sandworm hackers have used its intrusions to move within victim networks and carry out effects such as stealing information or launching cyberattacks, Microsoft says.

Microsoft describes BadPilot as initiating a high volume of intrusion attempts, casting a wide net and then sorting through the results to focus on particular victims. Over the last three years, the company says, the geography of the group's targeting has evolved: In 2022, it set its sights almost entirely on Ukraine, then broadened its hacking in 2023 to networks worldwide, and then shifted again in 2024 to home in on victims in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia.

“We see them spraying out their attempts at initial access, seeing what comes back, and then focusing on the targets they like,” says Sherrod DeGrippo, Microsoft’s director of threat intelligence strategy. “They’re picking and choosing what makes sense to focus on. And they are focusing on those Western countries.”

Microsoft didn't name any specific victims of BadPilot's intrusions, but broadly stated that the hacker group's targets have included “energy, oil and gas, telecommunications, shipping, arms manufacturing,” and “international governments.” On at least three occasions, Microsoft says, its operations have led to data-destroying cyberattacks carried out by Sandworm against Ukrainian targets.

As for the more recent focus on Western networks, Microsoft's DeGrippo hints that the group's interests have likely been more related to politics. “Global elections are probably a reason for that,” DeGrippo says. “That changing political landscape, I think, is a motivator to change tactics and to change targets.”

Over the more than three years that Microsoft has tracked BadPilot, the group has sought to gain access to victim networks using known but unpatched vulnerabilities in internet-facing software, exploiting hackable flaws in Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, as well as applications from OpenFire, JetBrains, and Zimbra. In its targeting of Western networks over the last year in particular, Microsoft warns that BadPilot has specifically exploited a vulnerability in the remote access tool Connectwise ScreenConnect and Fortinet FortiClient EMS, another application for centrally managing Fortinet's security software on PCs.

After exploiting those vulnerabilities, Microsoft found that BadPilot typically installs software that gives it persistent access to a victim machine, often with legitimate remote access tools like Atera Agent or Splashtop Remote Services. In some cases, in a more unique twist, it also sets up a victim's computer to run as so-called onion service on the Tor anonymity network, essentially turning it into a server that communicates via Tor's collection of proxy machines to hide its communications.

Another, separate report Tuesday from the cybersecurity firm EclecticIQ pointed to an entirely distinct hacking campaign that firm also ties to Sandworm. Since late 2023, EclecticIQ found the hacker group has used a malware-infected Windows piracy tool, distributed via Bittorrent, to breach Ukrainian government networks. In those cases, EclecticIQ found, the hackers have installed a remote access tool called Dark Crystal RAT to carry out cyberespionage.

Any sign of Sandworm, which Microsoft refers to by the name Seashell Blizzard, raises alarms in part because the group has a history of hacking operations that go far beyond mere spying. Over the last decade, the group has caused at least three blackouts by targeting electric utilities in Ukraine—still the only such hacker-induced blackouts in history. The group also released the NotPetya malware that spread worldwide and did at least $10 billion in damage, and it used wiper malware to destroy countless networks in more targeted attacks across Ukraine both before and after the 2022 invasion.

Microsoft has so far found no evidence that, in BadPilot's targeting of Western networks specifically, Sandworm has shown any intention to carry out anything other than espionage. “This seems very early in terms of initial resource gathering, trying to get this much persistent access,” says Microsoft's DeGrippo. “Then we would have to wait to see what they do with it.”

But she notes that BadPilot is nonetheless tied to a larger group that has a history of highly disruptive cyberattacks. “Therefore," says DeGrippo, "the potential actions that they could take next is of deep concern.”

[eraepoch]

[Full Text] Emerging Media Companies, Tracking Cookies, and Data Privacy -- An open letter to Critical Role, Dropout, and fellow audience members

Summary / TL;DR

Both Critical Role (CR) and Dropout have begun exclusively using links provided by third-party digital marketing solution companies in their email newsletters.

Every link in each of the newsletters (even the unsubscribe link) goes through a third-party domain which is flagged as a tracking server by the uBlock Origin browser extension.

Third-party tracking cookies are strictly unnecessary and come with a wide array of risks, including non-consensual targeted advertising, targeted misinformation, doxxing, and the potential for abuse by law enforcement.

You are potentially putting your privacy at risk every time you click on any of the links in either of these newsletters.

IMO these advertising companies (and perhaps CR/Dropout by proxy) are likely breaking the law in the EU and California by violating the GDPR and CCPA respectively.

Even if Critical Role and Dropout are not directly selling or exploiting your personal data, they are still profiting off of it by contracting with, and receiving services from, companies who almost certainly are. The value of your personal data is priced into the cost of these services.

They should stop, and can do so without any loss of web functionality.

1/7. What is happening?

Critical Role and Dropout have begun exclusively using links provided by third-party digital marketing solution companies in their email newsletters.

[ID:  A screenshot of the Dropout newsletter alongside the page’s HTML source which shows that the target destination for an anchor element in the email leads to d2xR2K04.na1.hubspotlinks.com. End ID.]

[ID: A screenshot of the CR newsletter alongside the page’s HTML source which shows that the target destination for an anchor element in the email leads to trk.klclick.com. End ID.]

The domains attached to these links are flagged as advertising trackers by the uBlock Origin browser extension.

[ID: Screenshot of a Firefox web browser. The page displays a large warning icon and reads “uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading [...] because of the following filter: `||hubspotlinks.com` found in Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list. End ID.]

[ID: Screenshot of a Firefox web browser. The page displays a large warning icon and reads “uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading [...] because of the following filter: `||klclick1.com` found in Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list. End ID.]

In both cases, every link in the newsletter goes through the flagged third-party domain, and the intended endpoint (Twitter, their store page, etc.) is completely obscured and inaccessible from within the email itself. Even the unsubscribe links feed through the tracking service.

You can test this yourself in your own email client by hovering your cursor over a link in the email without clicking it and watching to see what URL pops up. You may have noticed this yourself if you use uBlock Origin as an ad-blocker.

I don’t know for certain when this first started. It’s possible that this has been going on for a year or more at this point, or it may have started just a few months ago. Either way: it ought to stop.

2/7. What is a tracking cookie?

A tracking cookie is a unique, universally identifiable value placed on your machine by somebody with the intention of checking for that value later to identify you (or at least to identify your machine).

Tracking cookies are used by companies to create advertising behaviour profiles. These profiles are supposedly anonymous, but even if the marketing companies creating them are not lying about that (a tough sell for me personally, but your mileage may vary when it comes to corporations with 9-figure annual incomes), the data can often be de-anonymized.

If this happens, the data can be used to identify the associated user, potentially including their full name, email address, phone number, and physical address—all of which may then be associated with things like their shopping habits, hobbies, preferences, the identities of their friends and family, gender, political opinions, job history, credit score, sexuality, and even when they ovulate.

Now, it is important to note that not all cookies are tracking cookies. A cookie is just some data from a web page that persists on your machine and gets sent back to the server that put it there. Cookies in general are not necessarily malicious or harmful, and are often essential to certain web features functioning correctly (e.g. keeping the user logged in on their web browser after they close the tab). But the thing to keep in mind is that a domain has absolute control over the information that has been stored on your computer by that domain, so allowing cookies is a matter of trusting the specific domain that wants to put them there. You can look at the outgoing information being sent from your machine, but its purpose cannot be determined without knowing what is being done with it on the other side, and these marketing companies ought not to have the benefit of your doubt when they have already been flagged by privacy watchdogs.

3/7. What’s the harm?

Most urgently, as I touched on above: The main source of harm is from corporations profiting off of your private data without your informed consent. However, targeted advertising is actually the least potentially harmful outcome of tracking cookies.

1/6. Data brokers

A data broker is an individual or company that specializes in collecting personal data (such as personal income, ethnicity, political beliefs, geolocation data, etc.) and selling or licensing such information to third parties for a variety of uses, such as background checks conducted by employers and landlords, two universally benevolent groups of people.

There are varying regulations around the world limiting the collection of information on individuals, and the State of California passed a law attempting to address this problem in 2018, following in the footsteps of the EU’s GDPR, but in the jurisdiction of the United States there is no federal regulation protecting consumers from data brokers. In fact, due to the rising interest in federal regulation, data broker firms lobbied to the tune of $29 million in the year 2020 alone.

2/6. De-anonymization techniques

Data re-identification or de-anonymization is the practice of combining datasets (such as advertising profiles) and publicly available information (such as scraped data from social media profiles) in order to discover patterns that may reveal the identities of some or all members of a dataset otherwise intended to be anonymous.

Using the 1990 census, Professor Latanya Sweeney of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School found that up to 87% of the U.S. population can be identified using a combination of their 5-digit zip code, gender, and date of birth. [Link to the paper.]

Individuals whose datasets are re-identified are at risk of having their private information sold to organizations without their knowledge or consent. Once an individual’s privacy has been breached as a result of re-identification, future breaches become much easier: as soon as a link is made between one piece of data and a person’s real identity, that person is no longer anonymous and is at far greater risk of having their data from other sources similarly compromised.

3/6. Doxxing

Once your data has been de-anonymized, you are significantly more vulnerable to all manner of malicious activity: from scam calls and emails to identity theft to doxxing. This is of particular concern for members of minority groups who may be targeted by hate-motivated attacks.

4/6. Potential for abuse by government and law enforcement

Excerpt from “How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v. Wade climate” by Rina Torchinsky for NPR:

Millions of people use apps to help track their menstrual cycles. Flo, which bills itself as the most popular period and cycle tracking app, has amassed 43 million active users. Another app, Clue, claims 12 million monthly active users. The personal health data stored in these apps is among the most intimate types of information a person can share. And it can also be telling. The apps can show when their period stops and starts and when a pregnancy stops and starts. That has privacy experts on edge because this data—whether subpoenaed or sold to a third party—could be used to suggest that someone has had or is considering an abortion. ‘We're very concerned in a lot of advocacy spaces about what happens when private corporations or the government can gain access to deeply sensitive data about people’s lives and activities,’ says Lydia X. Z. Brown, a policy counsel with the Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology. ‘Especially when that data could put people in vulnerable and marginalized communities at risk for actual harm.’

Obviously Critical Role and Dropout are not collecting any sort of data related to their users’ menstrual cycles, but the thing to keep in mind is that any data that is exposed to third parties can be sold and distributed without your knowledge or consent and then be used by disinterested—or outright malicious—actors to de-anonymize your data from other sources, included potentially highly compromising data such as that collected by these period-tracking apps. Data privacy violations have compounding dangers, and should be proactively addressed wherever possible. The more of your personal data exists in the hands of third parties, the more it is to be de-anonymized.

5/6. Targeted misinformation

Data brokers are often incredibly unscrupulous actors, and will sell your data to whomever can afford to buy it, no questions asked. The most high-profile case of the consequences of this is the Facebook—Cambridge Analytica data scandal, wherein the personal data of Facebook users were acquired by Cambridge Analytica Ltd. and compiled alongside information collected from other data brokers. By giving this third-party app permission to acquire their data back in 2015, Meta (then Facebook) also gave the app access to information on their users’ friend networks: this resulted in the data of some 87 million users being collected and exploited.

The data collected by Cambridge Analytica was widely used by political strategists to influence elections and, by and large, undermine democracy around the world: While its parent company SCL had been influencing elections in developing countries  for decades, Cambridge Analytica focused more on the United Kingdom and the United States. CEO Alexander Nix said the organization was involved in 44 American political races in 2014. In 2016, they worked for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as well as for Leave.EU, one of the organisations campaigning for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

6/6. The Crux: Right to Privacy Violations

Even if all of the above were not concerns, every internet user should object to being arbitrarily tracked on the basis of their right to privacy. Companies should not be entitled to create and profit from personality profiles about you just because you purchased unrelated products or services from them. This right to user privacy is the central motivation behind laws like the EU’s GDPR and California’s CCPA (see Section 6).

4/7. Refuting Common Responses

1/3. “Why are you so upset? This isn’t a big deal.”

Commenter: Oh, if you’re just talking about third party cookies, that’s not a big deal … Adding a cookie to store that ‘this user clicked on a marketing email from critical role’ is hardly [worth worrying about].

Me: I don’t think you understand what tracking cookies are. They are the digital equivalent of you going to a drive through and someone from the restaurant running out of the store and sticking a GPS monitor onto your car.

Commenter: Kind of. It’s more like slapping a bumper sticker on that says, in restaurant-ese, ‘Hi I’m [name] and I went to [restaurant] once!’

This is actually an accurate correction. My metaphor was admittedly overly simplistic, but the correction specifies only so far as is comfortable for the commenter. If we want to construct a metaphor that is as accurate as possible, it would go something like this:

You drive into the McDonald’s parking lot. As you are pulling in, unbeknownst to you, a Strange Man pops out of a nearby bush (that McDonald’s has allowed him to place here deliberately for this express purpose), and sticks an invisible bumper sticker onto the back of your car. The bumper sticker is a tracker that tells the Strange Man which road you took to drive to McDonald’s, what kind of car you drive, and what (if anything) you ordered from McDonald’s while you were inside. It might also tell him where you parked in the parking lot, what music you were listening to in your car on the way in, which items you looked at on the menu and for how long, if you went to the washroom, which washroom you went into, how long you were in the washroom, and the exact location of every step you took inside the building.

Now, as soon as you leave the McDonald’s, the bumper sticker goes silent and stops being able to report information. But, let’s say next week you decide to go to the Grocery Store, and (again, unbeknownst to you), the Strange Man also has a deal with the Grocery Store. So as you’re driving into the grocery store’s parking lot, he pops out of another bush and goes to put another bumper sticker onto your car. But as he’s doing so, he notices the bumper sticker he’s already placed there a week ago that only he can see (unless you’ve done the car-equivalent of clearing your browser cache), and goes “ah, it’s Consumer #1287499290! I’ll make sure to file all of this new data under my records for Consumer #1287499290!”

You get out of your car and start to walk into the Grocery Store, but before you open the door, the Strange Man whispers to the Grocery Store: “Hey, I know you’re really trying to push your cereal right now, want me to make it more likely that this person buys some cereal from you?” and of course the Grocery Store agrees—this was the whole reason they let him set up that weird parking lot bush in the first place.

So the Strange Man runs around the store rearranging shelves. He doesn’t know your name (all the data he collects is strictly anonymous after all!) but he does know that you chose the cutesy toy for your happy meal at McDonald’s, so he changes all of the cereal packaging labels in the store to be pastel-coloured and covered in fluffy bears and unicorns. And maybe you were already going to the Grocery Store to buy cereal, and maybe you’re actually very happy to buy some cereal in a package that seems to cater specifically to your interests, but wouldn’t you feel at least a little violated if you found out that this whole process occurred without your knowledge? Especially if you felt like you could trust the people who owned the Grocery Store? They’re not really your friend or anything, but maybe you thought that they were compassionate and responsible members of the community, and part of the reason that you shopped at their store was to support that kind of business.

2/3. “Everyone does it, get over it.”

Commenter: [The marketing company working with CR] is an industry standard at this point, particularly for small businesses. Major partner of Shopify, a fairly big player. If you don't have a software development team, using industry standard solutions like these is the easy, safe option.

This sounds reasonable, but it actually makes it worse, not better, that Critical Role and Dropout are doing this. All this excuse tells me is that most businesses using Shopify (or at least the majority of those that use its recommended newsletter service) have a bush for the Strange Man set up in their parking lot.

Contracting with these businesses is certainly the easy option, but it is decidedly not the safe one.

3/3. “They need to do it for marketing reasons.”

Commenter 1: Email marketing tools like [this] use tracking to measure open and click rates. I get why you don’t want to be tracked, but it’s very hard to run a sizeable email newsletter without any user data.

Commenter 2: I work in digital marketing … every single email you get from a company has something similar to this. Guaranteed. This looks totally standard.

I am a web programmer by trade. It is my full time job. Tracking the metrics that Critical Role and Dropout are most likely interested in does not require embedding third-party tracking cookies in their fans’ web browsers. If you feel comfortable taking my word on that, feel free to skip the next section. If you’re skeptical (or if you just want to learn a little bit about how the internet works) please read on.

5/7. Tracking cookies are never necessary

We live in a technocracy. We live in a world in which technology design dictates the rules we live by. We don’t know these people, we didn’t vote for them in office, there was no debate about their design. But yet, the rules that they determine by the design decisions they make—many of them somewhat arbitrary—end up dictating how we will live our lives. —Latanya Sweeney

1/3. Definitions

A website is a combination of 2 computer programs. One of the two programs runs on your computer (laptop/desktop/phone/etc.) and the other runs on another computer somewhere in the world. The program running on your computer is the client program. The program running on the other computer is the server program.

A message sent from the client to the server is a request. A message sent from the server to the client is a response.

Cookies are bits of data that the server sends to the client in a response that the client then sends back to the server as an attachment to its subsequent requests.

A session is a series of sequential interactions between a client and server. When either of the two programs stops running (e.g. when you close a browser tab), the session is ended and any future interactions will take place in a new session.

A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator. You may also sometimes see the initialism URI—in which the ‘I’ stands for Identifier—but they effectively refer to the same thing, which is the place to find a specific thing on the internet. For our purposes, a “link” and a URL mean the same thing.

2/3. What do Critical Role and Dropout want?

These media companies (in my best estimation) are contracting with the digital advertising companies in order to get one or more of the following things:

Customer identity verification (between sessions)

Marketing campaign analytics

Customer preference profiles

Customer behaviour profiles

3/3. How can they get these things without tracking cookies?

Accounts. Dropout has an account system already. As Beacon is a thing now I have to assume Critical Role does as well, therefore this is literally already something they can do without any additional parties getting involved.

URL Query Parameters. So you want to know which of your social media feeds is driving the most traffic to your storefront. You could contract a third-party advertising company to do this for you, but as we have seen this might not be the ideal option. Instead, when posting your links to said feeds, attach a little bit of extra text to the end of the URL link so: becomes or or even These extra bits of information at the end of a URL are query parameters, and act as a way for the client to specify some instructions for the server when sending a request. In effect, a URL with query parameters allows the client to say to the server “I want this thing under these conditions”. The benefit of this approach is, of course, that you actually know precisely what information is being collected (the stuff in the parameters) and precisely what is being done with it, and you’ve avoided exposing any of your user data to third parties.

Internal data collection. Optionally associate a user’s email address with their preferences on the site. Prompt them to do this whenever they purchase anything or do any action that might benefit from having some saved preference, informing them explicitly when you do so and giving them the opportunity to opt-out.

Internal data collection. The same as above, but let the user know you are also tracking their movements while on your site. You can directly track user behaviour down to every single mouse movement if you really want to—again, no need to get an outside party involved to snoop on your fans. But you shouldn’t do that because it’s a little creepy!

At the end of the day, it will of course be more work to set up and maintain these things, and thus it will inevitably be more expensive—but that discrepancy in expense represents profit that these companies are currently making on the basis of violating their fans’ right to privacy.

6/7. Breaking the Law

The data subject shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her [...] The controller shall no longer process the personal data unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Where the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data shall no longer be processed for such purposes. At the latest at the time of the first communication with the data subject, the right referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be explicitly brought to the attention of the data subject and shall be presented clearly and separately from any other information. — General Data Protection Regulation, Art. 21

Nobody wants to break the law and be caught. I am not accusing anyone of anything and this is just my personal speculation on publicly-available information. I am not a lawyer; I merely make computer go beep-boop. If you have any factual corrections for this or any other section in this document please leave a comment and I will update the text with a revision note. Before I try my hand at the legal-adjacent stuff, allow me to wade in with the tech stuff.

Cookies are sometimes good and sometimes bad. Cookies from someone you trust are usually good. Cookies from someone you don’t know are occasionally bad. But you can take proactive measures against bad cookies. You should always default to denying any cookies that go beyond the “essential” or “functional” categorizations on any website of which you are remotely suspicious. Deny as many cookies as possible. Pay attention to what the cookie pop-ups actually say and don’t just click on the highlighted button: it is usually “Accept All”, which means that tracking and advertising cookies are fair game from the moment you click that button onward. It is illegal for companies to arbitrarily provide you a worse service for opting out of being tracked (at least it is in the EU and California).

It is my opinion (and again, I am not a legal professional, just a web developer, so take this with a grain of salt) that the links included in the newsletter emails violate both of these laws. If a user of the email newsletter residing in California or the EU wishes to visit any of the links included in said email without being tracked, they have no way of doing so. None of the actual endpoints are available in the email, effectively forcing the user to go through the third-party domain and submit themselves to being tracked in order to utilize the service they have signed up for. Furthermore, it is impossible to unsubscribe directly from within the email without also submitting to the third-party tracking.

[ID: A screenshot of the unsubscribe button in the CR newsletter alongside the page HTML which shows that the target destination for the anchor element is a trk.klclick.com page. End ID.]

As a brief aside: Opening the links in a private/incognito window is a good idea, but will not completely prevent your actions from being tracked by the advertiser. My recommendation: install uBlock Origin to warn you of tracking domains (it is a completely free and open-source project available on most major web browsers), and do not click on any links in either of these newsletters until they change their practices.

Now, it may be the case that the newsletters are shipped differently to those residing in California or the EU (if you are from either of these regions please feel free to leave a comment on whether or not this is the case), but ask yourself: does that make this any better? Sure, maybe then Critical Role and Dropout (or rather, the advertising companies they contract with) aren’t technically breaking the law, but it shows that the only thing stopping them from exploiting your personal data is potential legal repercussions, rather than any sort of commitment to your right to privacy. But I expect that the emails are not, in fact, shipping any differently in jurisdictions with more advanced privacy legislation—it wouldn’t be the first time a major tech giant blatantly flaunted EU regulations.

Without an additional browser extension such as uBlock Origin, a user clicking on the links in these emails may not even be aware that they have interacted with the advertising agency at all, let alone what sort of information that agency now has pertaining to them, nor do they have any ability to opt out of this data collection.

For more information about your right to privacy—something that only those living in the EU or California currently have—you can read explanations of the legislations at the following links (take note that these links, and all of the links embedded in this paper, are anchored directly to the destinations they purport to be, and do not sneakily pass through an additional domain before redirecting you):

7/7. Conclusion

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence. —Hanlon’s Razor

The important thing to make clear here is this: Even if Critical Role and Dropout are not directly selling or exploiting your personal data, they are still profiting off of it by contracting with, and receiving services from, companies whom I believe are. You may not believe me.

I do not believe that the management teams at Critical Role and Dropout are evil or malicious. Ignorance seems to be the most likely cause of this situation. Someone at some marketing company told them that this type of thing was helpful, necessary, and an industry standard, and they had no reason to doubt that person’s word. Maybe that person had no reason to doubt the word of the person who told them. Maybe there are a few people in that chain, maybe quite a few. I do not expect everyone running a company to be an expert in this stuff (hell, I’m nowhere close to being an expert in this stuff myself—I only happened to notice this at all because of a browser extension I just happened to have installed to block ads), but what I do expect is that they change their behaviour when the potential harms of their actions have been pointed out to them, which is why I have taken the time to write this.

PS. To the employees of Critical Role and Dropout

It is my understanding that these corporations were both founded with the intention of being socially responsible alongside turning a profit. By using services like the ones described above, you are, however unintentionally, profiting off of the personal datasets of your fans that are being compiled and exploited without their informed consent. You cannot say, implicitly or explicitly, “We’re not like those other evil companies! We care about more than just extracting as much money from our customers as possible!” while at the same time utilizing these services, and it is my hope that after reading this you will make the responsible choice and stop doing so.

Thank you for reading,

era

Originally Published: 23 May 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024

[lol-jackles]

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this is the post:

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If you're blocked this is the content:

Anonymous asked: I’m a complete outsider in whatever hell is going on here but I feel like you should let go of this person. Obsessing over them like this can’t be healthy

Goob: As a complete outsider, jump off a cliff. I’ve been getting harassed by her for three solid years, your tactic doesn’t work. This isn’t “obsession”. This is her getting the attention she’s been screaming for for three years while mind-raping me and using pictures of me for her sexual fetishes. Absolutely not. I stop when she dies.

If you don’t like it, fuck off, I will literally drag this bitch into the dirt after the three years of harassment she’s caused me in real life, online, multiple servers, fandoms and websites. Absolute rotten festering cunt. She was literally goddamn warned to stay off my dick, once every three months, for three fucking years, and she was still riding it and starting shit, so now I’m ending it. And the opinions of motherfucking people who care about me fucking up their fictional angel feed really do not fucking matter. She relies on weak ass opinions like this so she can keep on keeping on with her horse shit, and no, it’s over. You will literally have to ban me from the entire internet to make me stop before she dies or surrenders. It’s that simple. I am DONE.

I need you to comprehend I left this bitch three years ago, after she cheated, malignantly plotted to evict me to replace me with a new bf once she got her first check but let me pay the bills, and has since still absolutely stalked me everywhere anyway, invaded my servers, ripped off my face, my religious practices (badly), has been doing outright goddamn blasphemy, is grooming her friends into fetish roleplays using my fucking face, and she just invested SEVEN. GODDAMN. MONTHS. trying to invade YET ANOTHER FRIEND GROUP OF MINE to cause shit, and she got busted, and now her ass is on fire.

IT’S DONE. WE’RE DONE. THE MERCY IS GONE. SHE LETS US GO OR SHE DIES, IT’S THAT SIMPLE.

She wants me to be a demon, I’ll be a demon. She even signed to me. Moron.

Truly this woman was so obsessed she sat in a goddamn furry porn server for half a year trying to sniff out my friends and investors elsewhere. Like she was literally wailing trying to find the contact for one of my main business investors. To start more shit with, of course. Sis, that man let me do 13 billion dollars in damages to WB by proxy. He doesn’t care about your pissmoaning.

This isn’t “obsession”. This is me being tired of hers, and taking any means necessary to end the harassment I’ve been enduring on every possible front for literal years. Even if it means helping her remove herself from the planet and realizing what a service to humanity that is. I’m fuckin DONE. Like, literally, nothing of value would be lost. It’d actually be a net benefit because she’d stop scamming people with her octopus jibberish, plagiarized lines, and outright blasphemy of the god she claims but refuses to read the doctrine of and teaches contrary to.

She truly feels special cuz she can bullshit up some vague horse shit about someone’s grandma to make them feel better then writes retroactive dreams, like the one that only prophecized to her that she was about to get her cheeks clapped, after she got clapped, but she swears she had a vision dream that morning. ok. the other seven months?

Like the whore is even posing right now writing her fanfiction like it’s proof of something compared to my statistics. Yeah I too can shit out narrative horse shit, Shealyn. That doesn’t make you a mystic. She’s basically charging people for her obsession with me, her roleplay fetish, her schizophrenia and a big fat bucket of blasphemy she’ll rot in the void for. And drag some nice little practicing christians with her.

Am I christian? No. But I respect the texts enough to know what she’s doing is deeply fucking these people up. Like, they’re neither following Hermes nor Yahweh’s doctrine, they’re just following whatever octopus jibberish horse shit she hallucinates. It’s literally a cult. A cult she groomed into humping a copy of my face. Like a psychopath.

And no, that’s not the hyperbolic internet use of cult. It is the literal definition of a cult, wherein no classic doctrine is used, but rather the singular teachings of someone that generally revises other practices, and grooms them out of actually reading anything outside of it and, in this case, into humping pictures of me.

You, too, would be flipping shit if your cheating ex wife was convincing people to basically mindrape you while lying about whatever god or doctrine you follow just to try to copy you. And that’s BEFORE the trying to fuck with every friend group I have and my business. For three. Years. And that says nothing about her refusing to look in the face that she channeled motherfucking anime octopus jibberish trying to copy an inside joke. I use “channel” here loosely, obviously. Truly the most horrific skank I’ve had the displeasure of dealing with. Makes Vinnie and Kelios look like saints. And models. At least they’re under the 300 lb threshold and are open about their delusions being about fictional horse shit. They don’t even CHARGE for us to hear them spread their shit.

Trump deserves life more than this creature. At least I believe he’s genuinely retarded. She only acts this dumb, but it’s a conscious way she makes up for her own insecurities, and it’s by lying her way through to try to look divine. She doesn’t doesn’t care what it does to everyone around her. So yeah. Trump is more human than this creature. And, somehow, in better shape.

So yeah, fuck off. She has till September for part one, until 2027 for part two, until 2033 for part three, and the void beyond that for the rest of her penalties, but for right now, you can sit and spin on part one.

But you know, I think that’s fine by her. She’s too coward to end it herself but already experienced soul death and knows it, hence her refusal to build any actual identity. She’s just a sweaty meatsuit over there now going through the motions, I’m pretty sure she wants the void. Don’t worry bertha, they just have to widen the gate a little bit

well that and he realized you actually do want to die, I think, which is why he specifically opted for the “troll you until you do it yourself” route starting yesterday. Sorry Shea, he refuses to let you warp forcing him to reap you into something you can try to spin as a romantic gesture in hell. Like, he’s pretty sure you’re just waiting to grope him then too. Get away from us, you lying schizo slut.

THE OCTOPUS WAS NEVER FUCKING DIVINE, SHEA. YOU DID NOT CHANNEL THE FUCKING OCTOPESE.

Whoa, Goob is admitting that he will actively assist-suicide his ex-wife her by "helping her remove herself from the planet and realizing what a service to humanity that is." I hope the ex is screenshotting all of this gold.

I'll write a lengthier reaction in the next post to save space. Meanwhile in reference to Goob's Trump mention...

Even Newsweek agreed.

[the-crystal-femmes]

I wish I could help pearl manage zeir social anxiety, not in a bad way but there's a server we're in that pearl REALLY REALLY wants to talk in but ze will only do it if ze turns the auto proxy off, so we've made an anonymous proxy for her that way ze feels more comfortable if ze wants to use it. Ze has her own proxy as well and I am trying to help zem warm up to it but I think it's due to the fact that everyone layers over me that ze gets nervous

[myranker01]

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[problematicfactive]

Here's a fun game to play if you like joining discord servers.

This does require you have an alt on discord already. Super new accounts will be suspicious.

Go to disboard and look up like system or plural or whatever other tag you'd look up to belead to system "safe spaces"

Make sure you didnt join one you're already against the rules in. They'll treat you badly and have basis for it.

For extra points, join on your main a few days before.

Just exist.

Proxy as yourself and everything and just exist. See if people treat you like shit or not. See of you get banned. Then, on your main, you can screenshot all the things people say about you after banning you. It's funny to see how immature people are.

When you do this, you find out what servers are accepting, which is great! You can feel accepted. And you find out who we should be weary of eve in other servers. If you get treated like a peice of shit, definitely send screenshots so that I can make a post warning about that server. Dm them to me and I can keep you anonymous if you want.

For some reason, doing this on an alt is a source of fun to me whereas it happening on my main is devastating. If the idea doesn't soundlike it it would be too hurtful for you you should try it

[okeyproxycom]

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What Is Private Proxy Wingate.me?

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Supporting for Internet hosting ensures that the WinGate Proxy Server is compatible with all browsers, SSL, FTP, streaming audio and video, DirectPlay Internet gaming, etc. Socks5 proxy list wingate.me provides clients with a safe, anonymous, and unrestricted internet browsing experience. They shield users from data collection and facilitate access to otherwise blocked websites.

Types of Private Proxy Wingate.me

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A versatile proxy for web browsing, file sharing and online gaming, known for its speed and efficiency.

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Stable and reliable proxy based on IPv4 protocol, compatible with most websites and services on the Internet.

4. Mix of SOCKS5 and IPv4 proxies

This option combines the advantages of both proxy types, providing flexibility for different tasks.

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1. You will see a welcome page and a navigation menu on the left with available configuration options. Please focus on setting up the proxy. To do this, select “Services” from the navigation menu, then right-click on the empty space on the right and select Install Service.

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[csmeanerr]

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Server staff can react to any PluralKit message with a ❓emoji to find out who sent it. In doing so, the server staff member will be DMed a comprehensive card set identifying:

the PluralKit character ID

whatever “system” they are grouped into

how many messages they’ve sent overall

What their proxy activator is

Date of creation

The message itself

The PluralKit character that sent it

The registered discord username of the owning server member

The user’s nickname in the server if they have one

All roles the user has on their account

I tested this myself prior to writing this up so I have proof that it works. I have PK in a couple of my owned servers for member roleplaying purposes and also for NPC use where applicable. All messages/proxy profiles are tied to an account and you can always find out who sent what for exactly this reason. The bot cannot be used to anonymously send hate because the main account is always tied to the profile and messages sent. There’s an explanation here https://pluralkit.me/staff/moderation/ if you need it.

All in all though I am fully against it being brought in to servers to entertain the tweens and teens playing make believe DID with their 100 fictional anime and game character “alters”. Nothing screams fake more than some 15-year-old having 150+ alters including the entire cast of a show that came out a month ago.

I also agree with the anon that said real alters wouldn’t all know how to use PluralKit, because that’s not how the disorder works in real life. I hate the way people abuse DID online when they’re just roleplaying, plain and simple.

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pretty much sums it up enough i'll end the talk here for everyone. i have no problem with people who have did. i have problems with the exasperating fucks in cs and the adopt community that pretend to have it for attention and to never take accountability for their actions

[richifloyd]

Mobile Proxies

A mobile proxy is a service that allows users to access the Internet from another location. This can be used to easily bypass geo-restrictions on content or circumvent censorship. When you search the Internet, you share your personal information, such as your IP address and other things that can be used against you in the future.

A mobile proxy server is an intermediary that prevents your personal information, including your IP address, from being transmitted through the websites and places you visit on the Internet.

It provides protection for your sensitive or personal information that could potentially be seen by anyone. If you are interested in such protection, consider one of these proxy servers Infatica.io

Using such a server, you can anonymously visit web pages on the Internet for research, testing and tracking, research competitors' ads, and more. 

Proxy servers can help you keep your personal information safe and minimize the chance of you being seen by hackers, even if they are actively looking for your location. By hiding your IP address and replacing it with another from anywhere in the world, you can safely conduct business online and protect yourself from potential cybercrime.

[the-bjd-community-confess]

I personally find it extremely rude that people keep talking about using buyee and other proxies in Ayu’s server. Yes the server has general chat sections but Ayu’s a proxy and the server is first and foremost for her customers. There are plenty of other doll servers you can go on about other proxies in, it feels very weird to me to do that in a server dedicated to a specific proxy, no matter who they are. Are people just idiots?

~Anonymous

[blockaway]

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Have you ever tried to access a website, only to be met with a frustrating “This content is not available in your region” message? Or perhaps you've felt uneasy knowing your online activity might be tracked or exposed on public Wi-Fi. In today’s digital landscape, where privacy breaches and content restrictions are increasingly common, it’s no surprise that more users are turning to solutions that offer both security and speed.

That’s where a fast secure proxy browser comes in. It's more than just a digital detour — it’s your shield against surveillance, a bridge to open access, and a tool that puts you back in control of your browsing experience. But what exactly makes a proxy browser both fast and secure? And how can it help you browse anonymously without limits?

In this post, we’ll break down how a fast secure proxy browser works, explore why it matters, and guide you through choosing one that fits your needs. Whether you’re looking to protect your data, bypass geo-blocks, or simply surf without compromise, you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into the tools and tactics that make anonymous browsing not just possible—but effortless.

Understanding Proxy Browsers

Proxy browsers serve as intermediaries between your device and the internet. When you access a website through a proxy browser, your request is rerouted through a remote server. This server masks your IP address, effectively hiding your identity from websites, advertisers, and even government surveillance.

A proxy browser differs from a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in a few key ways. While both hide your IP and offer privacy, VPNs typically encrypt all internet traffic on your device, while proxy browsers work at the application level—usually within the browser itself. This makes proxy browsers lighter and often faster for everyday use.

Why does speed matter? Because privacy tools shouldn't slow you down. A fast proxy browser ensures you're not waiting forever for a webpage to load, all while keeping your identity secure. It also allows seamless streaming, gaming, and general browsing without buffering or lag.

With a secure proxy browser, you no longer need to worry about malicious entities tracking your every move. Your location stays hidden, your data remains encrypted, and your browsing history is safe from third parties.

Key Benefits of a Fast Secure Proxy Browser

Maintain Online Privacy and Hide Your IP

One of the biggest advantages of a fast secure proxy browser is the ability to mask your real IP address. By doing so, your digital footprint is hidden, and your activities can't easily be traced back to you.

Bypass Geo-Restrictions and Censorship

Tired of running into blocked websites? Proxy browsers help you bypass content restrictions imposed by governments, schools, or workplaces. Whether you're accessing streaming services, social media, or news outlets, you can do so freely.

Enjoy Fast Speeds Without Compromising Security

Many users avoid privacy tools due to slow speeds. Fast secure proxy browsers, however, use optimized routing and load-balancing techniques to ensure swift connections, even under heavy traffic.

Protect Data on Public Wi-Fi Networks

Public Wi-Fi is notorious for being a security risk. With a secure proxy browser, you can encrypt your traffic and ensure your data isn’t intercepted by hackers, snoopers, or malicious hotspots.

Essential Features to Look for in a Proxy Browser

End-to-End Encryption Capabilities

Ensure that the proxy browser you choose offers end-to-end encryption. This prevents any third party, including your ISP, from reading your data.

Zero-Log and No Tracking Policies

A true privacy-focused proxy browser won’t log your activity. Check for providers that openly commit to zero-log policies.

Multiple Server Locations for Flexibility

The more server locations available, the easier it is to access global content. It also allows you to switch locations if one is underperforming.

One-Click Access and User-Friendly Interface

Ease of use matters. Look for browsers that require no technical expertise and offer clean, intuitive dashboards for users of all levels.

Use Cases: Who Needs a Fast Secure Proxy Browser?

Journalists and Researchers in Restricted Regions

For those working in countries with limited internet freedom, proxy browsers offer a vital tool for uncensored information gathering.

Everyday Users Who Value Privacy

Even if you're not a whistleblower or journalist, your data matters. Proxy browsers help safeguard everyday browsing activities.

Students Accessing Blocked Educational Resources

Educational institutions sometimes block certain sites. Proxy browsers can help students bypass these restrictions to access learning materials.

Travelers Looking to Avoid Regional Content Blocks

Traveling abroad and can’t access your favorite streaming service? A proxy browser can make it seem like you're back home, unblocking content seamlessly.

How to Get Started with a Secure Proxy Browser

Choosing the Right Tool for Your Needs

Not all proxy browsers are created equal. Look for one that balances speed, privacy, and usability based on your unique needs.

Step-by-Step Setup and Configuration

Download the proxy browser from the official website.

Install and launch the application.

Select a server or location you want to browse from.

Enable encryption settings if available.

Start browsing anonymously.

Tips for Maximizing Speed and Performance

Choose servers closer to your actual location.

Avoid peak usage times when servers may be overloaded.

Clear your browser cache regularly.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Using free proxies with poor security protocols

Forgetting to turn on encryption settings

Overlooking privacy policies and logging practices

Conclusion

In a world where digital privacy is increasingly under threat, a fast secure proxy browser isn't just a luxury—it's a necessity. From hiding your IP address to bypassing global content barriers, it empowers you to browse anonymously, safely, and without limits.

Whether you're a professional navigating sensitive research or a casual user who values their online freedom, the right proxy browser can redefine your web experience. Choose wisely, stay informed, and take control of your digital journey. Your path to a freer, more secure internet starts now.

FAQ’s

1. What makes a proxy browser fast and secure?It combines optimized server infrastructure with encryption protocols and minimal data logging, ensuring high-speed access and strong privacy.

2. Are proxy browsers legal to use?Yes, using a proxy browser is legal in most countries. However, it's important to comply with local laws regarding internet usage.

3. Can a proxy browser replace a VPN?For basic privacy and unblocking content, yes. But for full-device encryption and enhanced security, a VPN may still be preferable.

4. Do proxy browsers work on mobile devices?Many secure proxy browsers are available for Android and iOS, offering similar features as their desktop counterparts.

5. Are free proxy browsers safe? Not always. Many free services log your data or serve ads. It’s better to choose a reputable proxy browser with a transparent privacy policy.

[anonigviewer]

How Anonymous Instagram Viewers Work?

Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives, and Instagram is one of the most widely used platforms for sharing moments, stories, and updates. While Instagram encourages user engagement and interaction, there are times when you may want to explore content without anyone knowing you were there. This is where instagramviewer.com comes into play. This tool lets you view Instagram profiles, posts, and stories without revealing your identity or triggering any notifications. But how do they work? Let’s dive into the mechanics behind these privacy tools.

What is an Anonymous Instagram Viewer?

An Anonymous Instagram Viewer is a third-party tool or service that allows users to view Instagram content — including stories, posts, and highlights — without leaving a trace. Unlike the regular Instagram app, which notifies account owners when their content is viewed, these tools keep your identity hidden, making it impossible for others to know you were lurking on their profile.

Whether you want to check out someone’s Instagram stories or explore public profiles without being detected, an anonymous viewer provides a simple and effective solution.

How Do Anonymous Instagram Viewers Work?

Anonymous Instagram Viewers work by utilizing a set of technical methods that allow users to access content on Instagram without logging in or interacting directly with the Instagram platform. Let’s break down how they function:

1. Bypassing Instagram’s Login System

Instagram typically requires users to log into their accounts to access certain features, like viewing stories or browsing posts. When you log in, Instagram records your activity — including who you interact with, what you like, and which profiles you visit.

An Anonymous Instagram Viewer bypasses the need to log in. You don’t have to enter your username, password, or any personal information. Instead, you simply enter the username of the account you want to explore. Since you're not logged into the Instagram system, your activity is not tracked or recorded by Instagram.

2. Fetching Content Through Public APIs

Some anonymous viewer tools work by using Instagram’s public APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). These APIs allow developers to access Instagram’s publicly available content — such as public posts, stories, and highlights — without requiring a login. The viewer app pulls this content from Instagram's servers and displays it for you, all without ever requiring Instagram to record your visit.

Public profiles on Instagram are accessible to anyone, but Instagram typically tracks who views them. By leveraging these APIs, an Anonymous Instagram Viewer can retrieve content in a way that keeps your identity hidden.

3. Proxy and Anonymization Methods

Certain anonymous Instagram viewers use proxy servers or VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) to mask your IP address. When you access Instagram through an anonymous viewer, your real IP address is concealed behind a proxy or VPN server, further enhancing your anonymity. This method ensures that Instagram cannot trace your browsing activity back to your device.

By masking your location and digital identity, these tools ensure that you remain incognito while browsing Instagram content.

Benefits of Using an Anonymous Instagram Viewer

No Notifications to Account Owners: Instagram sends notifications when someone views a story or engages with content. An anonymous viewer prevents this from happening, so the account owner won’t know you’ve been checking out their posts.

Privacy Protection: If you value privacy and don’t want to leave a digital trail, these tools ensure that your activity stays under the radar. You can explore Instagram profiles and content without worrying about being tracked or having your information recorded.

Explore Public Content Freely: While private profiles on Instagram require approval to view, public profiles can be accessed by anyone. Anonymous Instagram Viewers make it easy to check out these profiles without Instagram tracking your visit.

No Need to Log In: If you don’t want to deal with managing another account or don’t feel like logging into Instagram, these tools let you browse Instagram content without needing to sign in.

Limitations and Ethical Considerations

While Anonymous Instagram Viewers offer significant privacy benefits, it’s important to use them responsibly:

Limited Access to Private Accounts: Anonymously viewing public content is straightforward, but if an account is set to private, you’ll still need permission to view it. Anonymous viewers typically cannot bypass private account settings.

Respect Privacy: Just because you can view someone’s content anonymously doesn’t mean you should do so inappropriately. Always use these tools with respect for others’ privacy and the platform’s guidelines.

Service Reliability: Instagram periodically updates its platform and APIs, which can affect the functionality of third-party tools. Some anonymous viewers may stop working or become less reliable as Instagram makes changes to its system.

Conclusion

An Anonymous Instagram Viewer provides a unique way to explore Instagram content without leaving a digital footprint. These tools work by bypassing Instagram’s login system, utilizing public APIs, and masking your IP address, all of which keep your browsing activities private. Whether you’re curious about someone’s stories, checking out posts, or simply want to browse content without logging in, these viewers offer a seamless, anonymous solution.

However, it’s essential to use these tools ethically, respecting privacy and adhering to Instagram's guidelines. By using an Anonymous Instagram Viewer responsibly, you can enjoy Instagram content while keeping your activities private and under the radar.

[blogxpet]

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Best VPNs for Pakistan & India (2025) - Bypass Bans & Stay Private!

🔥 Quick Picks (For Those Scrolling Fast)

"Need max security in Pakistan?" → NordVPN (Best no-log VPN) "Want US Netflix in India?" → ExpressVPN (Fastest streaming VPN) "On a tight budget?" → Surfshark (Cheap VPN under $2.50/month) "Downloading torrents safely?" → IPVanish (Best P2P VPN)

(Keep reading for secret tips even your ISP doesn't want you to know!)

🤔 Why You're Secretly Begging for a VPN

Let's be real - you've probably needed a VPN when: ✔ PTCL/Jio throttled your YouTube (Buffering at 144p like it's 2005) ✔ Hotstar blocked your favorite cricket match (Just because you're abroad) ✔ Your bank froze your account after using café WiFi (True horror story!)

A good VPN for India/Pakistan solves this by: - Giving you a fake IP address (Like a digital disguise) - Unblocking Disney+/Netflix US (No more "content not available") - Stopping ISP speed throttling (Watch 4K without the lag)

🔬 How We Tested (Real User Experience)

We didn't just trust fancy ads. We: ✅ Connected from Lahore & Mumbai (Real local speeds) ✅ Tried 18+ streaming sites (Netflix, Hotstar, BBC iPlayer) ✅ Checked for DNS leaks (Because a leaky VPN = useless) ✅ Read those boring privacy policies (So you don't have to)

🏆 Best VPNs for Pakistan & India (2024)

1. NordVPN - The Privacy Monster

✔ Best for: "Need a no-log VPN for Pakistan with Netflix access?" - Double VPN encryption (Like two locks on your diary) - 5400+ servers (Including virtual India locations) - Works with WhatsApp calls during bans (Lifesaver!)

💡 Pro Tip: Use their "Obfuscated Servers" to bypass VPN blocks!

2. ExpressVPN - The Streaming King

✔ Best for: "Want the fastest VPN for US Netflix in India?" - Lightning-fast speeds (Buffer-free 4K streams) - Works in Dubai/China too (Great for travelers) - Router app (Protects every device at home)

😅 Funny Story: We binge-watched 6 hours of Disney+ Hotstar without a single lag!

3. Surfshark - The Budget Beast

✔ Best for: "Need a cheap VPN under $3/month for Pakistan?" - Unlimited devices (Secure your phone, laptop, even your smart TV) - Camouflage Mode (Hides that you're using a VPN) - CleanWeb (Blocks ads & malware - bonus!)

💰 Secret Deal: Their 2-year plan often costs less than a cup of chai per day!

4. CyberGhost - The Streaming Wizard

✔ Best for: "Best VPN for Disney+ Hotstar in India?" - 1-click streaming servers (Netflix/HBO optimized) - 45-day money-back guarantee (Risk-free testing) - Great for beginners (No tech skills needed)

📺 We Tested: Flawless Amazon Prime Video streams from Karachi!

5. IPVanish - The Torrenting Pro

✔ Best for: "Need a VPN for torrenting in Pakistan?" - Unlimited P2P traffic (Download all night) - SOCKS5 proxy (Faster than regular VPN) - Zero logs (Won't snitch on your downloads)

⚠️ Warning: Avoid free VPNs for torrenting - they sell your data!

🚨 VPN Buying Cheat Sheet

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❓ FAQs (Real Questions People Ask)

"Are VPNs legal in Pakistan/India?"

✅ Yes! (Unless you're doing illegal stuff - then that's on you.)

"Will a VPN slow my internet?"

Good VPNs like ExpressVPN only drop speed by 10% (You'll still stream in HD).

"How to set up a VPN?"

Literally: 1. Download app 2. Click "Connect" 3. Enjoy freedom!

"Best free VPN for India?"

🚨 Don't! Free VPNs like Hola sell your data. Paid ones have 30-day refunds - try risk-free!

💬 Your Turn!

Which VPN are you using? (Or stuck with?) Comment below - we'll help you pick!

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Unlock Unlimited Entertainment with the Best ExtraTorrent Proxy Server

In today’s digital age, entertainment is just a few clicks away—whether it’s binge-watching your favorite series, downloading HD movies, or accessing top-rated games. But with many original torrent websites being shut down, users often struggle to find reliable sources. One such major loss was the closure of ExtraTorrent, which was once a go-to hub for millions of torrent lovers. Luckily, ExtraTorrent proxy server alternatives have risen to the occasion, bringing the same quality, speed, and user-friendly experience back to the table.

ExtraTorrent was a beloved torrenting platform known for its wide range of downloadable content, including movies, music, software, anime, and games. Its standout features included fast download speeds, content in HD quality (720p and 1080p), and a well-organized user interface. It made the process of finding and downloading torrents both simple and efficient. However, after its voluntary shutdown in 2017, users were left searching for alternatives that could replicate the same seamless experience.

This is where ExtraTorrent proxy server options come into play. These proxy and mirror sites act as gateways that mirror the original ExtraTorrent content and design. They allow users to bypass government-imposed or ISP-based restrictions and access the platform safely and securely. Essentially, proxy servers serve as intermediaries between the user and the internet, helping you access content that might otherwise be blocked in your region.

Moreover, using a reliable ExtraTorrent proxy server ensures that you get uninterrupted access to verified torrents. These proxies maintain updated databases, preserve the layout and functionality of the original site, and most importantly, safeguard your anonymity. Combined with a VPN (Virtual Private Network), these servers offer a double layer of security, protecting users from unwanted surveillance or legal issues.

It's also worth noting that many of these proxy servers come with advanced features like malware filters, ad-blockers, and peer-based ratings to ensure safe and high-quality downloads. Whether you're a movie enthusiast, a gaming geek, or someone who loves exploring new software, ExtraTorrent proxy servers help you enjoy content without the hassle of subscriptions or paywalls.

In conclusion, the ExtraTorrent proxy server is more than just a substitute—it’s a reliable solution for anyone missing the freedom and variety that ExtraTorrent once offered. Make sure to choose from updated and verified proxy lists to enjoy secure, fast, and free downloads anytime, anywhere.