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Dr. Edmond Locard's exchange principle states that "with contact between two items, there will be an exchange." Therefore, on a crime scene the perpetrator of that crime would have brought something to the scene and also leave with with something from the scene. Locard essentially observed that every contact leaves a trace. Though Dr. Edmond Locard died in 1966, his principle lives on in both the physical and digital worlds. While your computer never touches another physically, it does leave digital traces in the form of requests, logs, cookies, etc. Most users are oblivious to this, but for those who want to spy on you, send you spam, and perform other malicious activities, these digital traces are invaluable to them and a bane to your computer.
In its early days, the Internet was seen as an egalitarian mechanism for the world. But history has shown that corrupt corporations and governments often want to subvert those freedoms. The underlying problem is that the core Internet architecture is an easy means for nefarious entities to covertly monitor an individual’s Internet usage.
Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing Platinum comes close to making all of your Internet traces invisible.This privacy software uses the Anonymizer anonymous proxy network, which uses anonymous proxy servers to hide your computer's online identity. This makes your IP address invisible to everyone else. For example, if your ISP gives you a public IP address, Anonymizer Anonymous hides that from the rest of the world, and all they will see is an IP address from Anonymizer, Inc.
For those who are serious about security, and for those who don't want to be bothered by spammers, phishers, and a myriad of other scams and threats, the Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing system is a superb product.
