The internet has become a great place for people to get information in
the recent years. Today everything can be found on the internet from bad to
good things. Talking about bad things some unscrupulous fellows have turned to
the internet to do some wrong things and open sites that are malicious. This
has forced many countries to impose restriction to the access of such sites by
using filters on their internet providers.
The filter is very common in most of the educational institutions and even in
some organization. Some of the sites that are commonly blocked are porn sites
for the moral reason as well as social sites which are always deemed as time
wasters. As well there are some sites that can be filtered by the network
provider of the country due to some security reasons or any other reason. But
there are some ways in which one can be able to access the sites using a mobile
phone. These techniques include using a web based proxy; using the DNS, Open
proxies, and VPN.
Web based proxies
One can easily beat filter by using some web based proxies. Normally a proxy is
a third-party browser that will search and find the page you want on your
behalf. These proxies can be anonymous proxies which will make you unknown on
the internet. Some of the filter proxies are also capable of keeping you off
from some of the cookies and intrusive advertisements. Web based proxies
usually work through your own browser. They are good and easy to use since one
can just visit them from the phone browser and be able to surf the web through
them.
Open proxies
Web proxies can also be used quite easily to beat filters when you are
browsing, but they are not so good since they might open you to the many attacks
online. Though the process is quite complicated open proxy only require that
you configure your browser setting and you will be able to get to your site.
There are quite a number of enterprises that sell software that can be used to
set up an open proxy.
Using VPN
Virtual private networks are also one of the easiest ways to beat content
filters. VPN usually creates what is called peer-to-peer (P2P) connections that
make sure that all the data being sent to the internet is encrypted. As well
they are able to hide your location, which makes it quite easy to bypass the
filters. These networks are mainly used by people who are living in some of the
harsh regimes where some content is censored from the public.
Public DNS on Google
It can also be possible to get over the filter by using the DNS. A DNS or the
Global Domain Name System is techniques to convert the numerical value of the
particular website you are searching for on the page you get on your browser.
Pages that are filtered or tainted by your network provider will usually not be
resolved by the domain you are using. But when you use a Domain such as Google
it makes it possible to circumvent the filters.
Now that you have some knowledge on how to go about filters it is important
that you understand how you can apply some of this technique on your phone
browsers. As such, using some of these techniques on your PC or laptop is not a
hard thing, but can quite be daunting if you need to do the same with your
phone browser. These tips will make it easier for you to do the same on your
phone.
First you can download opera mini browser into your phone and be able to browse
any sites with no restrictions. As well the browser can be downloaded on the
system of the organization and a synchronization done to all other devices.
As well you can use HTTPS before the address you are searching for. Many of the
sites that cannot be accessed using http can be accessed with a https address.
Many of the filters will allow such sites because they are basically secured.
Website translator can also come in very handy. These are translators that are
able to change the language of the site you are browsing on the language that
you have selected.
In a nutshell these are just some of the easy way that one can use to beat
around the filters on the web. Though some of these filters are put for the
good reason, for instance protecting the minors from accessing some content
that is harmful, not all of the sites blocked are harmful. Since everyone has
the freedom of information it is important that one can be able to choose to
get through to the content they like.
But as well it is very important that one is careful when doing this because
some of the sites might have some very adverse effects. With increasing
cybercrime and issues dealing with identity theft, many governments opt to
close sites that are prevalent to such issues. This is basically to take care
of their citizenship and if one still get to be able to bypass the filters and
get to the sites, then they should be extra caution.
Some of the tips mentioned in this article can work quite well and easy on your
phone but some of them need one to be more knowledgeable in the field. It is
also important to note that using proxies requires one to be well versed in the
field computers due to the many risks that are involved with it.
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