hide.me Proxy

hide.me Proxy is a perfect resource for your browser; it is a lightweight and accessible tool for gaining a little bit more security, protecting your privacy, and unlocking country-specific content while navigating the web.

Also, by adding this add-on to your Chrome browser, you get an extension that nurtures simplicity at its finest and is a typical zero-configuration-needed instrument.

Firstly, this Chrome extension is also available in the free format, with restricted usage. All you need to do is to sign up with your email and to confirm your account registration. In the free format, the extension is more than simple to use — all you must do is enable the one button available in the extension's dropdown. Once switched to 'Connected,' the button turns green.

When enabled, hide.me Proxy changes your IP address and, potentially, adds extra security to your browser by blocking the access of harmful content/web pages. This current extension is part of the bigger hide.me service that also offers a desktop app, for more advanced proxy configuration.

Considering its current features and compared to similar products, the extension's price is a bit high. Reagarding functionality and usefulness, hide.me Proxy works well but it is far less effective than VPNs, as these encrypt your traffic and offer a lot better online protection.

This add-on is a quick solution for accessing content that is not available in your area and for changing your IP address. Via proxy, you add an extra filter between your machine and the Internet, like accessing the web with a firewall.

Besides its proxy capabilities, hide.me Proxy also allows selecting the desired server location (in the paid version), and options like WebRTC (for allowing the transmission of audio and video inside certain webpages — e.g. for online video calls) and SOCKS (a proxy protocol that adds extra levels of security).