“Free” Proxies Aren’t Necessarily Free
Summary: Austrian researcher Christian Haschek tested 443 open Web proxies and found that 79 percent forced users to load pages in unencrypted http:// mode, letting proxy owners see all traffic in plain text. Slightly more than 16 percent of the proxies actively modified static HTML pages to inject ads.
Key Takeaway: Haschek's own framing is the stake: a proxy operator who insists on http-only can analyze your traffic and steal your logins, and users routing through these services are handing that position to an unknown third party.
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