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===Anonymized connection===

===Anonymized connection===

It is very difficult to become truly anonymous, especially in the eyes of mass surveillance.  When every action in monitored, it is hard to escape.  However, a reasonable attempt can be made using encrypted [[proxy]] servers.  This system involves the piping of all Internet traffic through a remote server.  The connection between a client and the proxy should be (and usually is) encrypted.  Requests from a client will be sent out by the proxy, and content sent back in response is piped to the originally requesting client.  In theory, only the proxy server knows who exactly is requesting the information--this meas that the proxy server must be secure, and not be itself tracking activity. However, the [[Internet service provider]] (and those monitoring it) can see the stream of encrypted data traveling between the proxy and client.  It can be possible to determine what each person is doing, by analyzing patterns, studying upload/download sizes, or cracking the encryption.  Spyware (either third-party, or provided by a manufacturer or the NSA) can also foil this method by simply transmitting activity information.<br />

It is very difficult to become truly anonymous, especially in the eyes of mass surveillance.  When every action in monitored, it is hard to escape.  However, a reasonable attempt can be made using encrypted [[proxy]] servers.  This system involves the piping of all Internet traffic through a remote server.  The connection between a client and the proxy should be (and usually is) encrypted.  Requests from a client will be sent out by the proxy, and content sent back in response is piped to the originally requesting client.  In theory, only the proxy server knows who exactly is requesting the information—this meas that the proxy server must be secure, and not be itself tracking activity. However, the [[Internet service provider]] (and those monitoring it) can see the stream of encrypted data traveling between the proxy and client.  It can be possible to determine what each person is doing, by analyzing patterns, studying upload/download sizes, or cracking the encryption.  Spyware (either third-party, or provided by a manufacturer or the NSA) can also foil this method by simply transmitting activity information.<br />

Another method to anonymize a connection is through the use of a traffic distribution network.  [[Tor (anonymity network)|The Onion Router]] (TOR) is the best (and probably the only) reliable network for this to be accomplished through.  Rather than using one proxy server which itself could be compromised, each client becomes a proxy.  All traffic is piped to other clients, which in turn process portions of the request.  Each job may pass through five or more clients before being processed or completed.  At each jump, each client only knows where the job came from, and where it is going next.  Although an inefficient system, this makes it impossible for any one link to know what any other link is doing.  However, it is possible for a connection to be compromised by the creating of a number of malicious nodes.  If three of four links in the chain are working together, it often becomes possible to determine the purpose and source of a connection. <ref>http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tor-is-not-as-safe-as-you-may-think/</ref><ref>http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/tor-is-less-anonymous-than-you-think</ref>  This is something this the NSA could probably accomplish with ease, so some theorize that even TOR is not safe from them.

Another method to anonymize a connection is through the use of a traffic distribution network.  [[Tor (anonymity network)|The Onion Router]] (TOR) is the best (and probably the only) reliable network for this to be accomplished through.  Rather than using one proxy server which itself could be compromised, each client becomes a proxy.  All traffic is piped to other clients, which in turn process portions of the request.  Each job may pass through five or more clients before being processed or completed.  At each jump, each client only knows where the job came from, and where it is going next.  Although an inefficient system, this makes it impossible for any one link to know what any other link is doing.  However, it is possible for a connection to be compromised by the creating of a number of malicious nodes.  If three of four links in the chain are working together, it often becomes possible to determine the purpose and source of a connection.<ref>http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tor-is-not-as-safe-as-you-may-think/</ref><ref>http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/tor-is-less-anonymous-than-you-think</ref>  This is something this the NSA could probably accomplish with ease, so some theorize that even TOR is not safe from them.

===Cookie clearing===

===Cookie clearing===