Functionality - in a nutshell
What JonDo is NOT
- JonDo does NOT hide the IP address of your computer (!)
- JonDo is NO anonymisation tool for filesharing
- JonDo CANNOT anonymise E-Mails (except for web mailers)
- JonDo does NOT integrate transparently into your system, but has to be configured separately for each anonymised application
- JonDo does NOT accelerate your web access
- JonDo is NOT JonDonym (JonDonym is the service provided, JonDo is the client application for accessing this service)
- JonDo CANNOT use arbitrary "anonymous" proxies (for example from lists of open proxies) to establish an anonymous connection. This does only work with JonDonym Mix Cascades, that are certified, automatically listed in JonDo and do not need to be entered manually.
- JonDo does NOT periodically change its IP address, but keeps the same IP address as long as it is connected to the same Mix Cascade. This may last minutes, hours or even days.
- JonDo is NO One-Click-Anonymisation tool - something like that does and will not really exist! Caution in internet security remains important.
- JonDo does NOT filter out scripts and browser information. Plugins like Flash/Shockwave/Java have to be disabled in your browser in order to make anonymisation possible.
What JonDo is
What JonDonym is
- JonDonym is the term for the anonymiser service that JonDo connects to
- JonDonym consists of many Mix Cascades of different length (2-4 Mixes) with different and independent Organisations as operators of the individual Mixes, respective
- An umbrella organisation (JonDos GmbH) independent from the operators guards the reliability of the individual operator organisations and develops the software.
- JonDonym is partially operated with costs for the users in order to finance enhancements of the software, the preservation of the umbrella organisation and the costs for operating the servers