# Freeware that hides your privacy (IP address) when online
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-that-hides-your-privacy-ip-address-when-online/539492
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 15, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-that-hides-your-privacy-ip-address-when-online/539492 "2010-05-15T00:48:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-that-hides-your-privacy-ip-address-when-online/539492/1 "2010-05-15T00:48:01Z")
I don’t like tor, because pages never load when I use it. Most other programs are pay.
Are there high quality freeware programs, or do I need to buy one in order to get this function?
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-that-hides-your-privacy-ip-address-when-online/539492/2 "2010-05-15T00:57:36Z")
Just Google anonymous proxy servers. It seems to be hit or miss on which ones work on most sites.
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### Author:  [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-that-hides-your-privacy-ip-address-when-online/539492/3 "2010-05-15T01:23:50Z")
Well there is [Tor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29) but I’ve never used it.
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### Author:  [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-that-hides-your-privacy-ip-address-when-online/539492/4 "2010-05-15T02:59:47Z")
Some of my coworkers use hotspotshield.