CyberGhost VPN - Hide Ip Tool

Basically yes, but there is a significant restriction. With your IP address being concealed, it is not possible to link in a logical manner a particular person to the data collected during a surfing session. In this sense, CYBERGHOST VPN obviously blocks any information about you. However, this only works if you have not disclosed personal data yourself, such as your email address, while surfing with protection. CYBERGHOST VPN is not a filter that blocks certain strings.

You are also recommended to continue with your usual security precautions, such as blocking cookies.

18. How are the keys for the secure vpn connection created?

CYBERGHOST VPN operates using a protected “surfing encryption” based on the SSL standard (RSA procedure) which, unlike the procedures used by rival products, creates both the public and private keys directly and individually on the user’s system. This prevents “man in the middle” attacks that are possible if key pairs are created on the server and possibly also still depend on the serial number acquired.

19. Which servers are available to me?

The free Basic version of CYBERGHOST VPN operates with a limited number of CyberGhost servers, which means that waiting times must be expected. This service is financed by popup windows that are temporarily displayed.

To be able to access CyberGhost servers offering guaranteed bandwidth that can be automatically expanded when a certain peak load is reached, you need to have a Premium account, which is sold as a subscription. These servers operate without popup windows. You are also guaranteed that the number of servers available is always sufficient and a server is never overloaded. There are no waiting times at all in this case, especially as the servers are hosted in different data centers. Users who just want to connect to the network always receive the server with the least load. If the number of subscriptions increases, new servers are also connected within a few hours.

A subscription allows you to use a server for x months with x GB per month (depending on the price model). The price includes online storage which you can use to store any data using 256-bit AES encryption. In this case, neither the upload nor download procedure is ever unencrypted, you must therefore never forget your password. We are not even able to reconstruct data that has been stored if you don’t have your access ID. Consequently, nothing can be done without a password and access ID, and your data is lost.

20. I have understood that i can surf the internet anonymously. But what about the data that i leave with you?

This is a matter of trust. We promise you that no logs are created for your data traffic or are passed on to external parties. Only traffic data is measured for billing purposes.

21. Can i only surf anonymously or can i use other internet programs too?

The VPN standard allows you to use all programs anonymously that in any way access the Internet, e.g. file sharing programs, Usenet downloads, chatrooms, all browsers etc. However, one principle always applies: your anonymity stands and falls on the data that you deliberately pass on to an external operator. If you disclose your email address, for instance, CYBERGHOST VPN cannot even protect against all the current data being accessed due to this.

22. I visited a site using cyberghost vpn and made another visit a few days later. Although i was anonymous both times, the site was aware of the previous visit.

CyberGhost does not have any influence over your surfing habits. Sites such as Amazon leave cookies on your computer containing information about what you looked at and any purchases you made. This information is not deleted and is retrieved by the relevant site the next time you visit it.

23. How secure are my files kept in online storage?

All the files are encrypted using the MasterKey procedure. This means that the files are stored somewhere in the storage facility and can only be accessed via an index file that only contains references. In this case, it is the original file names and the name of the folder in which the relevant file in storage was saved. This basically means that not only the files but the actual file and folder names are encrypted too.

The index file also contains the Master password used to encrypt the files you have uploaded, which can be equipped with full 256-bit encryption (32 characters, full ASCII character set). This is even more secure than the index file itself which is encrypted with your user password.

Passwords can be changed all the time on the fly. This means that not all the files in the storage facility need to be re-encrypted.

24. I am not convinced. How would my personal data be detrimental to me?

Information about what you do on your PC, where you surf, what files you download, which music you listen to, who you chat to and why represent cash opportunities, and are therefore a commodity in the modern world. That is why everyone imaginable and unimaginable is insatiably interested in it.

1. State espionage: “Anyone who has nothing to hide” has often been heard as the knock-out argument in the discussion about plans for the state to have access to private PCs. But what has deliberately not been mentioned is that for the first time in the history of democratic Germany, the core areas of the individual’s life will be affected without it even being known what might access German citizens’ computers, apart from the planned federal Trojan horses. So far the legislation is only involved in getting, in the first place, the desired access legalized.

The fact that the supporters of this measure trivialize the significance of the various forms of online communication as simply new ways of making a telephone call is part of the debate, but ignores the reality of the situation. Above all, the younger generation who have grown up with the Internet and are almost always online regard the PC and the possible communication forms it offers solely as an opportunity to maintain social contacts privately, even across great distances. Monitoring this activity would be like having an agent in your living room all the time.

2. Business’s obsession for gathering data: Most of us leave behind enough trails during our visits on the Internet that can lead to significant conclusions about our consumer behavior. It comes as no surprise that the business sector is also interested in this. In fact, spying on individual’s surfing behavior has become a lucrative line of business. The results of this activity are sold as customer profiles to interested companies.

Sources for this collection of data are provided, for instance, by cookies, which are created on the surfer’s computer while surfing on a website and are analyzed by different places, as well as by email addresses, memberships of forums etc. that have been left behind. Once this information is collected, linked and assigned to a person, it provides large volumes of data, even if it is mainly harmless. However, what is less harmless is if other organizations get involved in gathering data, for example, the music industry, which collects information about Internet surfers and establishes contact with the relevant IP address in order to sue the person using the address for copyright violations.

3. Neighbors, the boss and Mafia: The Internet knows all your good and bad sides and rarely forgets any of it. Wherever you go or even express your opinion – websites, blogs, communities, forums, Web 2.0, such as YouTube, Flickr, etc. – you leave trails that are bound to be collected and linked by an interested party. According to the German social research institute FORSA, one in five Germans have their own website, run a blog, are permanent guests on other blogs and/or are members of a community, and often don't mince their words in their delusory defense of anonymity on the Internet. Suddenly details of sexual preferences appear on the bulletin board, along with histories of illness, hate messages against bosses or unflattering photos. Every future employer will be grateful for so much unsanitized information about any new job applicant. This is why it has long become the norm for HR managers to cast an eye on the Internet when devising interview questions.

Specialized search engines also offer great help with this. For instance, the portal Stalkerati.de searches the large communities and social networks, such as Xing and StudiVZ, while Zoominfo even collates the data found to produce convincing profiles. On the other hand, the people search engine Spock is fairly harmless, even though it has set at its objective to register information about all of the Earth’s six billion inhabitants. And once this information gets onto the Internet, it is there forever because the Internet has no time limit.

According to Google, around 20 billion searches made every month are specifically people related, which is nearly 30% of all searches. This will also include a large number of criminals who are not merely curious, but are keen to use this source to go on a robbing spree. The case that made the headlines recently of a 24-year-old Russian who stole a total of USD 1.5 million based on the simplest of research is just the tip of the iceberg. In this case, the man only used data that could be accessed publicly about his victims.

This does not just apply to private individuals. Even those business sectors that have been in the game long enough and know a few tricks for getting hold of customer profiles can quickly suffer damage due to information supplied involuntarily.

25. Can i protect myself differently and/or have additional protection?

You can (and should) because you can put a stop to the collection obsession of government authorities, business and hackers right at the point where you set the boundaries and deliberately stop distributing personal data far too generously. Even technically experienced people are often surprised and shocked at the new connections that can be made with even the smallest fragments of information because hardly anyone is aware of the consequences and cannot even imagine what you can come up with when linking the available data, never mind creating profiles. The mesh of the net becomes even finer with every new piece of information that is disclosed until finally the individual gets caught in it.

1. Rule: Avoid leaving trails. Anyone who wants to leave as little data as possible behind them on the Internet should use CYBERGHOST VPN. This program guides you through the Internet as anonymously as possible, hiding your identity.

2. Rule: Remain suspicious. The Internet is a cutting-edge medium and its global availability alone, which accommodates a host of different cultures, got rid of in the past so many rules governing how people should live together. And no one knows what the Internet will be like in ten years’ time, whether, for instance, it will provide databases available to everyone, allowing them to find out the political statements made by a person or about their illnesses. You should therefore remain suspicious about new platforms, whether Web 2.0, 3.0 or whatever, and don’t make your identity public immediately.

A negative example of how little the Internet respects the individual’s privacy is provided by Usenet. This is almost the forerunner of all the discussion forums, which was used by only a few people in the early 1980s, but this does not mean that its records have disappeared. If you carry out a quick search via Google, it will even display records that are 20 years old. Its former users had no idea that such powerful search engines would be developed, and must now helplessly look on as their private data is dragged into the spotlight.

New laws could help, but new technologies are always years ahead of the legislator. This is why it is paramount that people think about their privacy themselves at the right time and set boundaries where possible. A great deal has always been said on this matter, even in public. However, what is new is that everything is recorded and personal data is stored for a long time, can be retrieved at any time, put on a network and exchanged, while not even knowing who is behind this and for what purpose. This should provide a sufficient warning and reminder.

3. Rule: Keep your nose clean. It may sound paranoid, but you should act with restraint most of the time on the supposedly anonymous Internet of all places, especially because it is so tempting to reveal your innermost secrets. Applying for jobs via the Internet is becoming increasingly important, just as carrying out Internet research is for HR managers. You should therefore only disclose personal information if it is absolutely necessary, and avoid creating publicly accessible profiles.

As no one can check whether you are actually who you say you are, take every opportunity that presents itself, therefore, to use a “pseudonym” that has absolutely no connection with your real name. Don't use real names at all, as far as possible, because if 100,000 people are suddenly called Michael Smith, the “poor” guys behind any Internet scams will receive more than plenty of profiles.