Why Can’t I Use a Proxy
We’ve all been there – you’re stuck in work or school, and frankly bored out of your brain. Sure you have internet access but all the most interesting sites are blocked - Facebook Blocked Youtube...
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What is a Web Proxy Server?
A long time ago, at least in the context of the Internet – we used to call proxy servers – gateways. In fact the first WWW gateway was created at CERN by the World Wide Web team led by Tim...
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Video Not Available in Your Country
Ever seen this message, your mate has just sent you a message something like – “you have to watch this, I lolzed so much I nearly died. Lol lol”. So you make a mental note to get some cleverer mates,...
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National Governments that Censor the Internet
According to Wikipedia, the term “internet censorship” is defined as “the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to, information on the Internet.” Internet censorship is implemented by...
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Iran Prepares Itself for an Intranet
When countries start to heavily censor the intranet, it’s easy to imagine where they’ll end up – running a State controlled intranet. We can see it happening now in Iran, there’s news across the...
View ArticleWatching Coronation Street on ITV Player Abroad
Well this post might seem a little trivial but for my better half, it’s the first interesting thing I’ve posted in 8 years of blogging. The title says it all – how can you watch Coronation Street using...
View ArticleDivine Internet Filtering
Now I’m not very religious, but have no real problem with those who are. Obviously, excluding those who want to kill me, blow me up or have me imprisoned – anything like that. However I do think that...
View ArticleRussians Caught Out by IP Address
It’s astonishing to think that a Russian state media channel would go around changing Wiki pages in order to pass blame in a different direction. But possibly even more amazing that they were stupid...
View ArticleBeware these Facebook Knickers
It’s getting pretty tough out there on the web, and now the once fairly safe world of social networking is getting dangerous too. Now I’m paranoid, really paranoid online and allegedly should know...
View ArticleSome Useful Proxy Definitions
If you’ve searched around looking for secure proxies to use, you’ve probably come across these three definitions – Transparent Proxy Anonymous Proxy Elite Proxy Now none of these definitions are set...
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