I understand that it is possible to disguise who you are on the net by using an anonymous proxy server, quite useful for chinese dissidents, criminals and porn freaks alike and that there are thousands of these servers around. Why do they exist. Why would someone want hundreds of people using their servers for free?
Do they not also have charcgeable services that they hope you might be tempted to buy?
don’t think so, you can download lists of proxy servers from the internet and just put one of them in your “proxy” box on your internet preferences. Never bothered as it slows you down, but might be useful if I was on the run from the FBI
Dunno then…
It’s worth mentioning, while we’re here, that attempting to sign up to the SDMB through such a proxy is deeply frowned upon.