The Drawbacks of Anonymous Surfing

BlueCup writes to tell us that one reporter decided to give anonymous web surfing a shot, and found it to be much more trouble than it was worth. Many users take advantage of Tor and other anonymous web browsing tools, but is the amount of hassle worth the effort it takes to remain anonymous?

Re:Torpark

[ringbarer]

You are a pedophile. Why else would you feel the need to hide?

Re:Torpark

[russ1337]

Because he used to be an AOL customer, and learned the hard way.

What a guy.

[deadhammer]

So, from my brief skim-over of the article, this is what this "reporter" is saying:

• Surfing anonymously is hard, and therefore not worth it.
• Oh noes! My Amazon purchase list is broken! This is stupid!
• Evil criminals can use it!

An excellent thing for a reporter to be saying to his readers. I'd sure love to be one of this guy's sources.

Surfing anonymously is easy

[Anonymous Coward]

That "Post Anonymously" checkbox ought to be enough for anybody.

Re:Moo

[zero1101]

Not your browser history, he meant you actually go back and *ERASE HISTORY*. Cool huh?

Re:Torpark

[Drachemorder]

now I can serf anonymously if I need to.

I thought serfs were already pretty much anonymous.

Re:NOOOOO

[M00TP01NT]

You are posutlating an internet before Al Gore. That is simply not possible absent some mind-bending time-travelling paradox!