We here at ProxyScrape have been providing a free proxy list for quite a while now, but admittingly we have to say that free proxies aren’t always safe to use. This is because free proxies do not always provide the anonymity you did expect while browsing the internet and might be malicious. They can be malicious in various ways, such as by injecting ads, tracking your activities, and logging your data such as phone numbers, emails, and location.
In most cases, you will be better off with alternatives such as datacenter proxies or residential proxies, which are maintained by professionals with no malicious intent.
In this article, we will go more in-depth into how public proxies might be unsafe to use.
For some people, proxy anonymity matters a great deal because they do not want their original identity revealed.
Üç tür anonimlik seviyesi vardır:
Transparent proxies are a significant problem when it comes to free proxies, especially with HTTP proxies. Analytics on the public HTTP proxies that we have checked show that at least 55% of the proxies are transparent. Transparent proxies will show your original IP address to the target. 6% of the public HTTP proxies are anonymous and will show to the target that you are connected via a proxy. Only 39% of the shared proxies are elite and will not reveal any traces to your target that you are hiding behind a proxy.
When you want to stay anonymous, make sure to only use elite proxies!
People who host a proxy can modify the content you see when visiting a website. These modifications can be malicious.
Research shows that 38.21% of all HTTP proxies perform some sort of content modification. Luckily only 5.15% are malicious.
Kötü niyetli olmayan proxy içerik değiştirme biçimleri:
Kötü amaçlı proxy içeriği değiştirme biçimleri:
Genel bir proxy kullandığınızda, kullandığınız proxy'nin web sitesinde gördüklerinizi değiştiriyor olabileceğinin farkında olmalısınız. Proxy'lerin yaptığı değişikliklerden bazıları diğerlerinden daha kötü niyetli olabilir.
As you already know, public proxies get used by a tremendous amount of users; this causes a lot of load on the proxy servers. Research done by the University of Washington estimates that each public proxy could be using up to 300 MB of data per second. As a result, most open proxies’ lifespan is very short since it is very resource-intensive to operate one. It is estimated that the median lifespan of a free proxy is only seven days long.
Genel proxy'lerle ilgili bir diğer büyük sorun da bilinen web sitelerinde çok hızlı bir şekilde kara listeye alınmalarıdır.
Bunun iki ana nedeni vardır:
Since free proxies are blacklisted quickly from many targets, they may not be of great use to you, and you might want to look at their alternatives.
Since free proxies aren’t the best choice most of the time, what should you choose? It, of course, depends on your use-case.
Diğer vekil kategorilerinin iki ana türü vardır:
Bunları ne zaman kullanmalısınız?
Datacenter proxies are maintained by professionals and generally have a faster response time and greater bandwidth than their alternatives.
Çoğu veri merkezi proxy sağlayıcısı, hizmetlerini tükettiğiniz trafiğe göre değil, satın aldığınız proxy sayısına göre fiyatlandırır.
Here are some scenarios you should consider datacenter proxies:
Residential proxies are the more expensive and are often priced by the amount of traffic you consume, but you are less likely to be banned.
Aşağıdaki senaryolardan birinde konut proxy'lerini seçmelisiniz:
Konut vekillerinin diğer avantajları:
In most cases, we would suggest against using free public proxies and go with alternatives like datacenter proxies or residential proxies instead. The reason being that most free proxies are not safe is because they are either not anonymous or are performing something malicious with your browsing activity.