How to Protect Your Online Identity

 The waves of web are extending rapidly and everybody is going online. Are you also an Internet addict or a simple Internet user? Whatever is, you might be familiar with the scams on Internet that keep happening. While working online, every user is very much concerned about his/her identity, and in fact he/she should be, as there is big risk to your

identity while working online. Some websites may sell your private information for some bucks, so it is your duty to protect your identity online. How to do it? Well, you need not to be confused about it as I am up with the best tips to protect your identity online.

Read Website's TOS 

While surfing the web, you might have come across many websites which require you to register on them. Right? Well, the common example is social networking websites which almost every web user use, and which require user to register on it. While registering you are asked that whether you have read the 'terms and services' and agree with it. Almost 99 percent of users answer it as 'Yes' even without reading it in real. This may be due to big terms of services or due to lack of time to user. Whatever is, doing so is really a foolish part as by this, you give all rights to the website to do whatever they want, whatever they listed in its terms of services. But as you did not read them, you don't know what powers you are giving to the website, you are registering on. This is the fist step towards losing your online identity, and you are responsible for it yourself.

Limit your Exposure 

As an Internet user, I have seen many times the users sharing every single information on social networking websites. This is good to do, but not from the privacy point of view. A recent report said that some naughty folks are downloading Girls' photos from social networking giant Facebook, and are using them in some inappropriate content by using Photoshop. Every user must know the limits to which he/she shares his/her information on social networking website. In fact, it is you from where the protection starts. Make sure to be social online, in limits. If you don't do so, then you should also not shout about the protection of online 

identity.

Use Anonymous Proxy

If you don't want to share your details like IP address, location etc, then you should consider using Anonymous proxy. It protects your online identity behind a server, located at different location, depending on the proxy you use. You can find hundreds of active anonymous proxies by just searching for them in Google.

Implement these tips on protecting your identity online. Don't forget to share your experience with us in the comment section below.

Author Bio:

Abhinav Arora is a blogger for TechHug, a technology blog where he shares daily technology news and guides. He also writes for BoltonHiTech.com, a laptop review website. You can follow the two websites on Facebook via @boltonhitech and @search4mobile