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anonymizer

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[uh-nah-nuh-mahy-zer] / əˈnɑ nəˌmaɪ zər /

noun

  • anonymizers
    plural
  1. Computers. a tool that hides a user's identifying information, usually using a proxy server or by otherwise concealing or masking identifying information.


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Finally, she hit publish and watched the progress bar as the uploader squeezed the bits through the femtocell and then through an anonymizer.

From Slate Oct. 26, 2019

She projected that screen on a whiteboard and displayed every student’s answer—but only after clicking the anonymizer, which swapped student names with the names of famous mathematicians.

From Slate Oct. 19, 2016

Unlike other times using the submission form above, I did not activate the TOR anonymizer.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2013

“The two hacks came from via anonymizer and may not be a single source—the second one could have adopted and phished the features of the first.”

From Newsweek Dec. 5, 2012

One type of proxy service is an "anonymizer."

From Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania

While there are a plethora of anonymizers available to users, the level of trust placed in organizations and developers behind the software is in many cases unjustified.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2013

“A lot of anonymizers claim they don’t keep logs but how do you know that’s the truth?”

From Salon Feb. 27, 2013

He also said that terrorist groups had carefully studied the disclosures, turning more to anonymizers, encryption and use of couriers to shield communications.

From Washington Post

The latest message was from a throwaway email address from one of the new Brazilian anonymizers.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

As noted above, filtering companies often block loophole sites, such as caches, anonymizers, and translation sites.

From Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania

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