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Anonymizers are the services that help make a user's own Web surfing anonymous. An anonymizer removes all the identifying information from a user's computer while the user surfs the Internet. It…

The correct answer is A. ActiveX controls B. Plugins C. Secure protocols D. Java applications E. JavaScript. Anonymizers have the following limitations: 1.HTTPS: Secure protocols such as 'https:' cannot be properly anonymized, as the browser needs to access the site directly to properly maintain the secure encryption. 2.Plugins: If an accessed site invokes a third-party plugin, there…

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Anonymizers are the services that help make a user's own Web surfing anonymous. An anonymizer removes all the identifying information from a user's computer while the user surfs the Internet. It ensures the privacy of the user in this manner. After the user anonymizes a Web access with an anonymizer prefix, every subsequent link selected is also automatically accessed anonymously. Which of the following are limitations of anonymizers?

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  • AActiveX controls
  • BPlugins
  • CSecure protocols
  • DJava applications
  • EJavaScript

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  • A
    100% (38)

Explanation

Anonymizers have the following limitations: 1.HTTPS: Secure protocols such as 'https:' cannot be properly anonymized, as the browser needs to access the site directly to properly maintain the secure encryption. 2.Plugins: If an accessed site invokes a third-party plugin, there is no guarantee of an established independent direct connection from the user computer to a remote site. 3.Java: Any Java application accessed through an anonymizer will not be able to bypass the Java 4.ActiveX: ActiveX applications have almost unlimited access to the user's computer system. 5.JavaScript: The JavaScript scripting language is disabled with URL- based anonymizers.

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#anonymizers#web privacy#browser plugins#JavaScript

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