{"id":78,"date":"2006-03-31T09:38:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T09:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.my-proxy.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2012-09-25T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T14:25:52","slug":"illegal-proxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/free-proxy-list.net\/blog\/illegal-proxy","title":{"rendered":"Is it illegal to use proxy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> Is it illegal to use proxy?<\/p>\n<p>This is an important question, that i know many people must ask to you guys on a daily basis. Is it illegal to use proxies? Because I was thinking about trying it for privacy on my computer, and also to increase my computer speed. <\/p>\n<p>But, I am afraid that I will get caught and get into trouble. I live in wisconsin and can anyone find out for me the law of using proxies in the state of Wisconsin. Because if it is oh ok, than I will use it but I don&#8217;t want to get into trouble for using it. Let me know the full details about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Of course it&#8217;s not legal to use a proxy for illegal purposes. You don&#8217;t need to worry about it if you use it to protect your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the detailed legal information. 18 USC 1030 (which covers computer-related fraud and theft): http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/1030<\/p>\n<p>The best method is to buy a private proxy service such as <a href=\"http:\/\/myiphide.com\"  target=\"_blank\"  target=\"_blank\" >My IP Hide<\/a> if you really concern about the legal issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Is it illegal to use proxy? This is an important question, that i know many people must ask to you guys on a daily basis. Is it illegal to use proxies? Because I was thinking about trying it for privacy on my computer, and also to increase my computer speed. 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