Anonymizer
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This article is about an internet privacy company. For privacy on the internet, see Internet privacy.
Anonymizer, Inc. is an Internet privacy company, founded in 1995 by Lance Cottrell, author of the Mixmaster anonymous remailer.
Anonymizer offers a variety of consumer information security services including:
- web proxying
- encrypted email services
- anti-spyware
- anti-phishing / anti-pharming
- enterprise class competitive intelligence tools
Anonymizer was originally named Infonex Internet. The name was changed to Anonymizer in 1997 when the company acquired a web based privacy proxy of the same name developed by Justin Boyan at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. Boyan licensed the software to C2Net for public beta testing before selling it to Infonex.
The term "anonymizer" is often used to signify any internet based anonymization tool, even though it is a trademark of Anonymizer Inc.
[edit] See also
- JAP / AN.ON
- Tor (anonymity network)
- Proxy server
- Anonymization, Pseudonymization
- Anonymizer Client for Windows
[edit] External links
- The Anonymizer - Protecting User Privacy on the Web
- Unblocker Unblock any website.
