A proxy server is a computer that fetches web pages on your behalf and returns them to your browser.
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When you visit a page through a proxy, your device does not connect to the destination directly. Instead, your browser asks the proxy server, and the proxy asks the destination on your behalf. The response comes back through the proxy to your browser. The destination site sees the proxy's IP address, not yours. Your local network sees an encrypted connection to the proxy, not to the destination. That indirection is what lets a proxy defeat network-level blocks — the block sits between you and the destination, and rerouting through a server outside that network reaches the destination normally. AnyProxy is one specific kind of proxy — a web proxy that runs entirely in a browser tab with no installation needed.
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