Pirate Bay Mid Air Proxy Servers

It sounds like one of the craziest ideas you might have ever heard of almost right out of something in a Star Trek science fiction type movie. The website thepiratebay.se is experimenting with proxy servers that run in mid-air to run there site to prevent others from complaining about piracy etc.
So how exactly would it work is kind of the tricky mystery many are still trying to figure out. As far as we know this is still very experimental as the folks over at the pirate bay don't know either. One would speculate this could happen much more like a satellite system. Since you don't know how else you would keep the internet connection from staying in the air without needing constant fuel to stay mid air. The proxy server should be more like in orbit to than anything else.
Also being off ground the further away from the earth the more increase in lag there would be for such a proxy server. Anyone who has tried to connect to broadband internet through a cellular tower or internet satellite will tell you there is a significant increase in lag. And this is often the reason many gamers like to be hard wired into an internet.

Ways 2 Proxy

There are three major different ways to unblock websites on the internet. Many governments agencies around the world, school districts, places of work, and local libraries will try to prevent you from getting on certain websites for various reason. There are three different ways 2 proxy and unblock those websites.

1.Use a website proxy. Simply browse to the cgi proxy http web address and enter the website you need to unblock in the box.
2.Translation websites like translate.google.com or microsofttranslator.com can be often used like a website proxy. You enter the website you want unblocked into the translation box and then click on the translated url to bypass and unblock it through a proxy.
3.Connect through a VPN server proxy. Hotspot shield is just one example there are also paid solutions that do not include advertisements and have more bandwidth resources.

Internet Post SOPA World

Many major music executives and Hollywood big wigs have been trying to control major portions of the internet for quite sometime. It's been over 10 years since Napster was shutdown and then Kazaa all of the sudden came out. Users of bit torrent have been tracked down and prosecuted for violating the new digital millennium copyright act. As lobbyist push harder for more legislation like sopa and pipa many wounder what the internet could look like in 2 years from now in terms of privacy and anonymity.
Internet users are increasingly turning to anonymity networks like tor and other proxy vpn services just to maintain some level of anonymity online. But how much more proxy services will it take to enjoy the internet in its current form if sopa gets turned into law. Will the government turn on proxy services and try to block them like China, North Korea, Iran and other governments do and how can this be bypassed?
There already are alternatives coming out for dns blacklists to change dns servers in firefox. Recognizing common techniques by already heavily censored countries may be a good way of learning to prepare for what techniques may be tried in the future. Some of the common things like certain ports blocked by already heavily censored censored countries (3128, 8080, 443) etc. Many wouldn't think of it but encryption is one of the most common things censored countries like to block so they can monitor traffic. Also finding your vpn proxy in a country that doesn't like to flirt with censorship other than your current country is a must as well.

Are Proxies Really Anonymous

You will find them all over the internet in various forms from http, socks, glype, cgi, and vpn style proxies. Some services are free and some are paid vpn services etc. But what are you connecting to and is that proxy safe. There are a couple of aspects I want to go over with you in this article. To learn the dos and do nots on internet anonymizing services.
Lets start off with the free services first. Is the connection encrypted most likely not but encryption is the first line of defense. What country is this proxy in and how much do I know about it. Considering it is a free proxy we are here first talking about you should be aware of what you connect to. Sending sensative information over a proxy you know very little about is dangerous. Even if they provide free encryption the connection from the proxy server once it gets passed you is no longer encrypted. Many proxy servers are setup as honeypots sometimes as well to record sensative information like passwords and even your logged in cookies. If at all possible it is best to use a proxy for non-identifiable information that relates to yourself personally.
So say you want to pay for a proxy vpn service because you plan to put your personal information across the internet. Great and smart move. Now how much do you know about that paid vpn proxy service. Check out on it and read reviews on the internet to make sure you feel comfortable before using it to send sensative information out through to the internet. Be aware with all proxy vpn services as mentioned earlier in this article once data gets beyond you and the proxies connection its all normal internet back and forth to the proxy before relaying it back to you.
If you install software be carefull some of the paid services are more trustworthy. But a lot of free software can come with malware or spyware out there making you actually less safe. If you can run this software through a virus, adware, malware type scanner like Norton etc it wouldn't hurt at all. Some of the free services also install bulky toolbars in your web browser and are hard to remove.

Running Siri Through A Proxy

If you have an older (non-siri) iphone and would like to use siri with your iphone a proxy is often used to get the two to work with in concert with each other. A new 100 megabyte program download  named the spire a hack that allows you to install siri on older phones. You will then need to get the authentication settings from a siri enabled phone to apply to your other phone your enabling siri on. It is advised when you choose a proxy server to make sure you pick one you trust and know is secure. The siri proxy server you choose will pass through many secure and highly personal information through it. Choose your siri proxy wisely.

Netflix And Hulu Through Proxy

Many users are now beginning to use proxy services like vpn setups to watch online content that is only available in another physical location on the internet. Lets pretend you live in Germany somewhere you can't watch certain programs on a video streaming service like Netflix, Youtube, Hulu etc. As internet bandwidth gets cheaper and cheaper new service providers have started popping up over the last couple of years offering country (regional) proxies. The purpose would be to watch something online that you normally aren't able to watch due to licensing issues or other things were a service is not yet available to your country. Smart users who have figured this out are now starting to get copyright lawyers all riled up as well. The legal battle is coming in from the licensing of content for that physical location and underemployed lawyers that have nothing better to do. When David McLaughlin began talking about this issue he said it would be hard though to prosecute such a case because the proxy vpn service would be out of the country you want to prosecute.

Thailand Internet Censorship

Thailand is supposed to be the free democratic part of China. As time goes by since the passage of the countries Computer Crime Act in 2007 a free and open internet is slowly creeping away. The main target are the websites that contain anti monarchy content to the government of Thailand. Back in 2001 the country began establishing cyber monitoring units and there budgets have steadily been growing in size.