Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities

Re:Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering... by inDigiNeous on Thursday January 01, 2015 @03:15PM (#8824105)

I used to use this, back in the day with my Mac Os X setup, but then it just became a bitch to setup manually and did not support all the features I needed, like some HTTPS crap or something not working, can't remember exactly what.

Is there an easy way to install this on Mac Os X currently so I can test it out ?

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Re:Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering... by gumby on Thursday January 01, 2015 @06:30PM (#8824772)

Glimmerblocker is another easy-to-use OS X proxy. Its interface is a Preference pane.

I have always thought ad blocking in the browser is crazy since so many programs these days have browsers built in (mail, RSS readers etc) not to mention trying to sync the configs for multiple browsers.

http://glimmerblocker.org/

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Re:Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering... by mdaniel on Thursday January 01, 2015 @11:23PM (#8825502)

Do you experience ads/malware/icky stuff inside the embedded browsers? I ask because I only use web mail and web based rss readers, and thus not a lot of experience with "native" apps and their embedded browsers.

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Re:Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering... by gumby on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:16PM (#8827799)

Oh yes! They open http and https connections just like a web browser would so they load the same elements and run the same javascript as a browser.

My usage seems to be the opposite of yours as I use the web browser as a fallback.

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Re:Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering... by mdaniel on Thursday January 01, 2015 @03:51PM (#8824261)

If you have Homebrew:

    brew update && brew install privoxy

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/For...

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