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How My peers love proxy servers

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-04-04 12:16:50 in General
[tɕagɛn]
We all know it probably--high school kids are always trying to find that elusive proxy that works so they can browse blocked sites. After getting one to work in about 5 minutes (seriously guys, just use "https://" instead of "www", it aint that difficult), I used it for a while. And it was slow. God, loading pages took way too long. It was midly acceptable, but I can not imagine using it a ton. Why are my peers so desperate to use these?

Comments

  • KomodinKomodin
    The Sonic Series Wiki Curator of TvTropes
    School can get rather boring at times. Why they don't just simply read a book or something, well, you're better off asking them yourself.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    You explained why they use them; it lets them get around the school's filter.

    (I can't say I'm not guilty of the same thing myself, though usually I'd just turn off the filtering because some dumbass gave me administrator rights)
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Somebody actually gave you admin rights? How the hell did that happen?
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    I went to high school online, but using a school-provided computer.

    When I used XP, I was taking a computer class that required me to mess with TCP/IP settings and such, so they made me a special admin account for that and I just used it as my main account.

    When I was on a Mac, they just didn't bother to lock down the settings correctly. I guess it was an oversight on their part, albeit a pretty big one.
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