Surfing anonymously may seem like a utopia in the supervised world in which we find ourselves, but with the right tools we can mask our public IP (resulting with a different IP from ours) and circumvent the limits imposed on our network (for example circumvent a proxy company or a government monitoring system, for countries with severe navigation restrictions). Browsing anonymously is the right of every connected user, which is why we have decided to collect all the useful and effective methods of surfing the Internet anonymously in a single guide, using the best proxies and VPN services dedicated to this purpose. By using one or more tools (even simultaneously) we can protect our identity when we visit obscured or blocked online services, overcome the limits for services that impose a single IP address, limit the control by the telephone provider and, more importantly, to maintain privacy.
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How to surf anonymously on the Internet
Below we have collected all the effective, free and safe methods to be able to surf anonymously on the Internet with our PC or with our Android or iOS smartphone.Surf anonymously with a VPN Proxy
Using a VPN as a browsing proxy, we will be able to obtain a new IP address (also from abroad), use an encrypted connection that cannot be intercepted by the provider or anyone who watches over us and surf at a very good speed (obviously depends on the service and the number of servers offered ).
To obtain good protection when using a VPN Proxy, we advise you to always choose foreign servers and avoid using Italian servers (which being on the Italian territory comply with Italian laws on privacy and seizure of material for investigation purposes) .
The best free VPNs we can install on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS are:
- ProtonVPN: one of the best VPNs because we can take advantage of it without time and data transfer limits, but which only provides 3 free servers on which to choose our new IP address; also available for Android and iOS.
- Windscribe: another fast VPN with 10GB of data included in a month, which allows you to choose a greater number of outgoing servers; also available for Android and iOS.
- Hotspot Shield free: very fast VPN with 500 MB of data included every day and numerous output servers to choose from; we can also download it on Android and iOS.
- Hide.me: another fast VPN with 2GB of traffic including monthly and numerous output servers to select; also available for Android and iOS.
- Avira Phantom VPN: directly from the manufacturer of a famous free antivirus for PC we have a fast VPN with 500 MB of traffic included (1GB by registering a free account); also available for Android and iOS.
These three are without a shadow of a doubt the best free VPN services, even if there are limitations (servers cost, so having everything for free and without limits is not possible). If we want to try other similar VPN services, we recommend you read our guide to the best free VPN services and programs to surf safely and freely .
If, on the other hand, we are looking for maximum speed and no limitations, you should focus on paid VPN versions, so that you can take advantage of this type of anonymous connection without having to think about data traffic limits and the limited number of servers available.
As a valid alternative we can always use the free and unlimited VPN available in the Opera browser .
Surf anonymously with an Onion Proxy
Another effective method to surf anonymously on the Internet for free and without any kind of limitation is to use the Tor network. It offers a good degree of security, thanks to the multiple layered connections (hence the name, which means "onion"), encrypted up to the exit node (which will also provide us with a new public IP different from ours).
In order to use Tor on our computer, all we have to do is install Tor Browser, based on Mozilla Firefox and available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.
Once installed, all we have to do is establish a connection with the Tor network, choose the exit node (we can also let the system do it automatically) and start surfing completely anonymously.
Compared to VPNs , browsing on the Tor network is vastly slower, given that the various nodes that make it up are offered on a voluntary basis. We can however visit the pages that normally we will not be able to visit with our public IP, perform secret and anonymous searches using the DuckDuckGo search engine (already integrated in Tor Browser) and visit the pages with the .onion address (the non-indexed pages that make up the darknet by Tor).
In another article we can find the guide to use Tor and surf with foreign IPs in order to use properly the most famous anonymity service in the world.
Other methods for anonymous surfing
If the first two recommended methods have not allowed you to surf in complete anonymity or at the desired speed, below we will show you other valid free methods to surf anonymously on the Internet.AnonymoX
AnonymoX is a free extension for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, easily installed and exploitable on any PC or Mac, with which we will be able to choose a Web proxy to be used to browse incognito.
With AnonymoX we can choose the proxy to connect to to camouflage our IP address on the fly, without having to install any programs and without connecting to any external network. It also identifies the sites that block proxies, thus allowing you to browse sites with geographical restrictions and not available in Italy. AnonymoX is probably the easiest and most efficient solution to surf anonymously, but we will have to choose proxies fast and safe enough to be able to surf safely.
SafeIP
SafeIP allows you to protect your identity on the internet and hide the real IP address to surf the web anonymously.
With this program installed on the computer, users can choose the geographical location of the bogus IP quickly and quickly, choosing from numerous Web proxies made available by the program (present in the USA, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Hong Kong, Austria, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and also from Italy).
If we are looking for other Web proxies to exploit, we recommend you read our list of proxies so you can set one on your browser, reading the instructions in the guide on how to set up the proxy on Chrome and Firefox .
Conclusions
Browsing anonymously is possible, just choose one of the methods we have shown above to be able to mask our IP, hide our network activity and overcome geographic or national limits and blockages. We currently recommend that you try the free VPN services now and, in case of any further problems, try the Tor network or the other methods described.If we seek anonymity when we surf the net, we also invite you to read our two guidelines on how to surf the internet without leaving traces on the PC and on the sites visited and on how to browse privately on the internet without storing browsing history and data on the computer .
