Thursday, August 02, 2007

Don't get caught




Very interesting article from WSJ: Ways to keep the suits and IT guys out of your "work dealings." a.)You can send large files through YouSendIt Inc or SendThisFile Inc without being traced but susceptible to hacking. b) Even if your company won't let you visit those sites by typing their Web addresses into your browser, you can still sometimes sneak your way onto them. You travel to a third-party site, called a proxy, and type the Web address you want into a search box. Then the proxy site travels to the site you want and displays it for you -- so you can see the site without actually visiting it. Proxy.org, for one, features a list of more than 4,000 proxies.
Another way to accomplish the same thing, from Mr. Frauenfelder and Ms. Trapani: Use Google's translation service, asking it to do an English-to-English translation. Just enter this -- Google.com/translate?langpair=enen&u=www.blockedsite.com -- replacing "blockedsite.com" with the Web address of the site you want to visit. Google effectively acts as a proxy, calling up the site for you.

read more of the article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118539543272477927.html?mod=fpa_mostpop

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