Anonymity application

Software that is used for anonymous surfing. Anonymity applications use public proxy servers or their own private proxy servers to hide the original IP address of the user. They may also include encryption capabilities. See anonymous proxy.

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An anonymity application is any software application which can be used to access a network, such as the Internet, anonymously. The application can use either private or public anonymous proxy servers, encryption or even spoofing, diversion and obfuscation to ensure an anonymous and/or difficultly traceable access to a resource.

Examples: I2P (anonymous network), Tor (anonymity network), Phantom, *Bitblinder

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