It used to sound so fantastic back in those days but yes, identity thefts now happen and very often, in fact. A study even shows there are at least 50 million individuals who've been victimized either by losing their information or having it revealed without their consent. Every victim will always have bad things to say about their experience. When somebody steals your credit information, somebody enjoys the perks of your credit line but you get to be paying still. Imagine all those bills arriving in your mailbox and you didn't even spend a dollar on them.
If you wonder how it happens, hacking is the answer. Cyber crooks have never been better than they were before. In fact, they've come up with novel ideas about how to hatch their evil plots on the Internet. There have been reports about "ransomware" being discreetly embedded in in people's hard drives. When this software is done with its job, it will have gathered all information in the victim's computer,specifically sensitive ones such as credit card numbers, PINS, etc. The hacker then emails the victim that he can recover his files if he paid a certain amount. It sounds crazy but it has happened to some people.
As if that's not scary enough, police are also looking into reports about a certain type of cellphone spyware that allows a hacker to use a cellphone in remotely controlling another even when it is turned off. With this type of spyware, the hacker can listen to people conversing and monitor the actions and whereabouts of a victim. Again, this sounds like a scene off those fantasy-bordering FBI movies but yes, unfortunately, it has become reality.
The next thing you're probably wondering about is how to keep from falling into these hackers' traps. There are many ways, of course, including the basics such as installing a firewall and using anti-virus software and other security tools. To particularly address the problem of identity theft, some people have been actively campaigning for a technology that promotes what they believe to be a foolproof identification system which works by implanting a tag in a person's body or simply with permanent specialized tattoos. While all of these may be effective in protecting a person from the threat of identity theft, they can require valuable time for the user to spend just to make sure they're working properly.
With an IP hiding software, however, you just set your computer to use a certain fake IP and you can surf without fear. That's because when you don't reveal your real IP address, you don't give hackers a way to find you. If anything, they'll take it as though the fake IP you're using was actually yours. Whatever their plans, they will be led to that server whose IP you're hiding behind.
This only means one thing. With anonymous surfing, your computer will be safe even if you landed in a dangerous site because you have not revealed IP address which would have been a hacker's only route to you.
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