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i’m using php curl’s proxy feature to sign in to a site. I wanna know whether this is safe or not. Can the proxy site “hack” my usename and password? I don’t, actually can’t, encrypt my password before sending it to the proxy server.
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The scenario is like this: I’m trying to scrape data from a members-only page. I sign-in with my username and password first and then scrap the data. I want to securely do this with a proxy.
thanks for ur suggestions.
Sending your username and password in plain text is never safe, regardless of whether you use a proxy or not. Yes, the proxy can read it, and so can anyone else between you and the site you are sending it to.