Originally Posted by siliconjunkie

For any of you out there following this thread who are interested in a bit more security when using public wifi i found 2 sites that offer free HTTPS proxies that are useful for encrypting your surfing when using a network whos security you cannot verify:

The Cloak is a cool site that offers both free and paid services. The HTTPS service uses 256 bit encryption. The service is transparent (links on surfed pages are recoded to direct you thru the proxy) and there are no ads (which is nice) but free users are subject to a limited about of data transfer during a given time period (this varies based on traffic at the time). I had no problem checking mail and surfing slashdot and a few news sites before I used up my freebie time for the 5 hour period. It was also VERY fast (i noticed almost no difference between using the proxy and not)

Proxify is a cool one as well. Free usage is not as limited as The Cloak, but you will be forced to view some ads at the top of every proxied page.