CDR: Re: USA.net proxy: heh-heh-heh

[George at Orwellian.Org]

George at Orwellian.Org wrote:
> 
> http://www.netaddress.com/tpl/Info/Popup?hidden___url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F
> 
> Continue clicking, and it's still via USA.net.

Sunderizer wrote:
#    It's *NOT* anonymizing anything. DO NOT USE THIS IN PLACE OF AN ANONIMIZER!!!
#    
#    So while, yes, it does spy on what urls you visit,...
#    so it offers no protection!!!

Gee, that goes without saying. Well, it should have.

#    All it does is log where you're going.  It doesn't actually proxy anything.

If the systems you connect to don't get your IP, it's a proxy.
All of AOL is a proxy.

#    Should you hover your mouse over the links in Amazon you won't see the
#    netaddress.com url pop up. You'll see Amazon urls.

[checking...] You're right. It's not proxying. It's just got a fixed first frame
going through netaddress which keeps the netaddress.net URL in the URLbar. The
other frames are direct connects.

I was distracted by an Anna Kournikova commercial, okay?

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Still, the original complaint stands.