Don't use free proxies for private browsing

Pete Friedman · Jun 26, 2015

Two interesting articles I've found on the web explaining why it's dangerous to use free proxy servers for private matters (e.g. logging into a bank account (extreme example) or YouTube/Netflix/etc.) and what are the dangers.
https://blog.haschek.at/post/fd9bc
https://blog.haschek.at/2015-analyzing-443-free-proxies

Free tool to check security of a proxy: https://proxycheck.haschek.at/

Panther28 · Jun 26, 2015

i don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to log into their bank account with a public proxy...surely not

checkerger · Jun 26, 2015

Great article, thanks for sharing

Zwielicht · Jun 26, 2015

Panther28 said:
i don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to log into their bank account with a public proxy...surely not

Yeah, ha ha! Nobody would be that stupid!

Hold on a minute, I have to check my bank account details.

Pete Friedman · Jun 26, 2015

Panther28 said:
i don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to log into their bank account with a public proxy...surely not

Well, maybe I exaggerated it a bit. A more realistic example would be people trying to pass geolocation blocks (e.g. on Netflix or YouTube) to watch a movie/video. The consequences may be severe keeping in mind that a YouTube account is actually a Google account. So they can take control over one's email account as well.

fatboy · Jun 26, 2015

Panther28 said:
i don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to log into their bank account with a public proxy...surely not

To be honest, nothing would surprise me in this world anymore.......natural selection should be playing a bigger part in the world than it is at the moment

HoNeYBiRD · Jun 26, 2015

Panther28 said:
i don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to log into their bank account with a public proxy...surely not

one would think it's common sense

however i'm not sure how reliable is the proxy security checker tool in the OP, because i tried a few of my private proxies and the tool rated them more dangerous than the public proxies i tried

Ramse · Jun 27, 2015

HoNeYBiRD said:
one would think it's common sense

however i'm not sure how reliable is the proxy security checker tool in the OP, because i tried a few of my private proxies and the tool rated them more dangerous than the public proxies i tried

The same thing happened to me, and it made me think a bit. My trust in my proxies is a little shaken.

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