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This is only a very simple scenario but it illustrates that the Your Freedom client
application and the Your Freedom server act as intermediate hops for your
application connections.
application and the Your Freedom server act as intermediate hops for your
application connections.
1.5 Is it secure? Is it anonymous? Does it compromise my
security? Can I catch a virus?
Connecting to the Internet through Your Freedom is generally less dangerous than
connecting through a dial-up connection. As long as you do not explicitly configure a
server port forward, no-one can connect to your PC though Your Freedom. But since
you may download data from the Internet that may then be executed on your PC
(intentionally or unintentionally because of application bugs) there is a certain amount
of risk; it’s the same as if you connect through any other means to the Internet and
download data from there. However it is possible that your company or whatever
uses sophisticated protection mechanisms (e.g. virus checking for downloads from
servers on the Internet) that we do not provide; in this case it is indeed less secure.
But please consider that it is less secure because it allows you to do things that you
would otherwise not be able to do – the most secure protection from the dangers of
the Internet is an Air Gap, i.e.: pull the plug. You’ll be safe but also lonely.
connecting through a dial-up connection. As long as you do not explicitly configure a
server port forward, no-one can connect to your PC though Your Freedom. But since
you may download data from the Internet that may then be executed on your PC
(intentionally or unintentionally because of application bugs) there is a certain amount
of risk; it’s the same as if you connect through any other means to the Internet and
download data from there. However it is possible that your company or whatever
uses sophisticated protection mechanisms (e.g. virus checking for downloads from
servers on the Internet) that we do not provide; in this case it is indeed less secure.
But please consider that it is less secure because it allows you to do things that you
would otherwise not be able to do – the most secure protection from the dangers of
the Internet is an Air Gap, i.e.: pull the plug. You’ll be safe but also lonely.
It has been said before that Your Freedom is not a full-blown anonymization service.
It will however hide your IP address, unless your application communicates it “in-
band”. Web server admins will not be able to see where the access comes from
initially, they will instead see one of our IP addresses. But we do not take any further
anonymization measures: we do not remove tracking cookies, nor do we “wash” the
request headers that your web browser sends.
It will however hide your IP address, unless your application communicates it “in-
band”. Web server admins will not be able to see where the access comes from
initially, they will instead see one of our IP addresses. But we do not take any further
anonymization measures: we do not remove tracking cookies, nor do we “wash” the
request headers that your web browser sends.