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Online privacy tool

An anonymizer or anonymous proxy is a tool that attempts to make activity on the Internet untraceable. It is a proxy server computer that acts as an intermediary and privacy shield between a client computer and the rest of the Internet. It accesses the Internet on the user's behalf, protecting personal information of the user by hiding the client computer's identifying information such as IP addresses. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Anonymous proxyA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Identity-based proxy matchmaking encryption for cloud-based anonymous messaging systemsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-DissidentsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Proxy re-encryption enabled secure and anonymous IoT data sharing platform based on blockchainCited 129 times
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📖 Definitions

Noun Synonym of anonymizer.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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