dotslash Anonymity can mean different things to different people. In a perfect world, we’d all have some simple method to protect our privacy online, unfortunately it takes knowledge and finances for complete anonymity. The reality is that few of us have the time or the resources to dedicate to the effort. For a reasonable level … Read more
The BBC’s website is one of the most popular destinations on the entire web. It’s not really surprising as the BBC is renowned for producing world class television programmes and you can watch all of it online. Most programmes are streamed live and also stored on the huge BBC iPlayer archive, most of it for … Read more
The internet has enabled lots of people who are far from home to keep in touch with their local news, events and culture. If you’re thousands of miles from home and in a country where you can’t speak the language that link can help a lot if you’re missing home. Of course, you can access … Read more
Over the last few years Instagram has become extremely popular and in many ways has developed beyond it’s origins. In 2010 when it launched, Instagram was seen pretty much as a simple photo uploading site. Now with a hi-def camera in virtually every phone, the introductions of hashtags – Instagram has developed into one of … Read more
Many of us use proxies, in fact if you have internet access at work or college it’s almost guaranteed. A proxy server is an intermediate server that sits between a client and website or application, forwarding and receiving data. The primary function in a corporate network is to provide a central gateway for accessing things … Read more
There are lots of reasons why people choose to change their IP address to Russian ones, but it’s usually to do with maximising your privacy when online. The other main reason is to access content or media which are only available in the Russian Federation. Obviously, the standard way of getting access to a Russian … Read more
A couple of years ago it was relatively straight forward to bypass most of the region blocks that existed on the internet. Not many web sites bothered, and those that did could easily be bypassed by using a simple proxy which you could usually find online for nothing. Unfortunately those days have pretty much gone … Read more
In the early days of the internet, if you wanted a little privacy, to hide your location or simply to change your IP address then the answer was simple – use a proxy server. They were all over the web, indeed they were very easy to find listed on all sorts of websites some of … Read more
As more of our lives move online, then digital privacy becomes a much more important issue. It’s an often overlooked issue, yet the dangers are very real indeed. Particularly in the case of young people who are often far too open with personal details than they should be on various social media sites. However it’s … Read more
As I sit here relaxing in the Turkish sun whilst reading of the political madness that is overtaking my home country – why on earth would I need to change my IP address to a British one. No I don’t crave more Jeremy Corbin quotes or robotic soundbites from Theresa May to reassure me when … Read more