Monthly Archives: May 2009

How to watch BBC iPlayer outside of the UK

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 19, 2009

If you live outside of the UK and you like BBC shows, you are probably very familiar with the following message: The idea is that BBC has no rights to show certain programs outside UK, so it has to block users that do not have UK IP address. The same thing happens in the US [...]

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No Such Thing as Safe Browser Anymore

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 18, 2009

The days when Internet Explorer was the only target for hackers are long gone. Nowadays, all browsers are targeted and security vulnerabilities are found all the time. Google has recently updated Chrome, to version 1.0.154.64, to fix two serious security vulnerabilities. One of those two lets a remote attacker execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged on user [...]

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BitBlinder – Anonymous BitTorrent and Private Browsing

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 17, 2009

Update 4/15/2011: BitBlinder is no longer available anymore. You should check other hide ip tools. This week, at Pittsburgh-based startup incubator AlphaLab, InnomiNet has presented BitBlinder, a tool that allows users to anonymously browse the web and transfer files using BitTorrent. BitBlinder is an free and open source project that mixes your Internet traffic with the traffic [...]

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CyberGhost VPN: Fixing Network Cable Unplugged Error

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 16, 2009

It seems that CyberGhost, a free VPN service with German IP address, may sometimes throw “A network cable is unplugged” error after installation. This post presents several suggestions to fix this error. One of the readers of this blog, Tran, has complained that he was could to run CyberGhost VPN: After reading your article, I tried [...]

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Video: How China Censors the Internet

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 16, 2009

New internal documents leaked from Baidu, China’s biggest search engine, reveal how information is monitored and manipulated

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ProxyBL.org – New Open Proxy DNSBL

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 14, 2009

ProxyBL.org is a new service that lists available open proxies on the web. The service is meant to serve aministrators that need to block suspect/dangerous IPs, but it can also be used to achieve online anonymity. ProxyBL  crawls the web for IP addresses of possible open (ie publicly accessible) proxy servers. These IP addresses are [...]

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Tough new web laws in France

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 14, 2009

France will have one of the world’s toughest laws against internet piracy. The new law is due to come into force in the autumn. The new law introduces the “three strikes” rule meaning that illegal downloaders will get three warnings from a new web police force, before having their connection cut off. The new state [...]

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Web proxy from Athens, Greece

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 13, 2009

Web proxies from Greece are quite rare. I have started my search for Greek proxies on Hide-IP-Proxy.info, with no success. The only Greek proxy I could find was the one offered by Change IP Country (cIPC). You only need to select Greece, enter the URL you want to visit and press GO.

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NotMyIP vs Anonymity Gateway

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Update 2/5/2011: NotMyIP is not available anymore. You should check HideIpVPN, HideMyAss or IAPS Security Services. Several weeks ago, Privacy-Gateway.com has release a new and free hide IP tool called NotMyIP. I have already tested it and written down my conclusions. Privacy-Gateway also promotes a commercial hide IP tool, Anonymity Gateway. Let’s take a tour and see what are differences [...]

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PacketiX.NET – Japanese VPN Service

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 10, 2009

VPN services are a good way to browse safely and anonymously, but most VPN services are commercial, meaning that you have to spend $5-$10/month to use them. Only a few VPNs are completely free (e.g. Hotspot Shield), but there are services that are commercial and also have a free version (of course, with limited features). [...]

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