I guess you took that wrong - I'm referring to PROXIES
as used by END USERS to get around SECURITY and tracking.
WEBSENSE, for example, is a GOOD proxie, however, there are end-users who would get around such things by using alternate browers and/or proxies.
I'm referring to rogue users using proxies to bypass OUR security. And those people exist. Look at some of the threads here - where admins are attempting to block the use of proxies because they work AROUND corporate or gov't protections. Use of proxies for good is great, but too often, those "free proxies" or "free proxie servers" are to thwart TRACKING and accountability! What? ME? No, I never went there, just check the logs!
See my statement was "we don't allow proxie use" - however, as IT admin, we will be using proxies to watch what they are doing and filter content AND block non-work related sites as needed or necessary.
I stand by "we don't allow the use of proxies" just like we don't allow software installations - EXCEPT by IT.
If someone is found using a proxie to get around our firewalls or filtering or security, they might just end up working elsewhere.
For myself as a network admin, we're looking at pulling a free Linux based proxie solution for filtering and security.
There are good proxies used by the forces of good and proxies used by those with evil intent, sneaking around the web without us knowing.