 | Jul 24 2009 |
KANKEI71 Why there is no installer anymore. It's a pity. I tryed to install from source but it didn't work. Can anyone explain the correct command lines for installing privoxy on a Mac from source please? (Without using MacPorts) Thank you
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 | Sep 13 2009 |
NOVICIUS You can build the source and let it install the files to the default locations /usr/local/... etc, and you can use it by manually. But it is BETA. I hope this answer is not too short ;) sudo ./privoxy --user privoxy.privoxy /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config The instructions are in the INSTALL file. Just write "make", press enter and answer yes when it wants to do the autoheader && autoconf etc. If you would like to run privoxy with special user called "privoxy", you must google the instructions for creating the user etc. or check if you already have it. In 10.5: "dscl localhost list /Local/Default/Users" or something similar. In 10.4. you can use GUI program from System Utilities, was it Directory or what?? After build, install it: "sudo make -s install USER=privoxy GROUP=privoxy". When the installation succeeded, copy the missing files as instructed in below. You can still use the Startup Item in OSX 10.4. and 10.5. even it is not supported anymore. The stuff we need is at the end of this text. The newest approach is the launchd daemon. I wrote a basic solution for this only for testing privoxy so no further support is coming from me. If you would like to use the current Privoxy Utility (mine was v. 1.2), you choice is the Startup Item. Use only one solution. My privoxy is build as default and installed as "make -s install USER=privoxy GROUP=privoxy" to the 10.5. environment. 1. write a property list file inside /Library/LaunchDaemons/ and save it as org.privoxy.privoxy.plist 2. change the owner to the root and and the group to the wheel, and give everyone only read rights. 3. boot the system and check if privoxy is running and the system logs are not reporting any errors. 1. create the Privoxy folder inside /Library/StartupItems/ 2. write a property list file named StartupParameters.plist and a shell script named privoxy inside the Privoxy folder (plain text file). 3. the owner must be the root, the group is the wheel and the rights for the plist are rw-r--r--. So only the owner has write access. The folder and the shell script needs also the execute rights: rwxr-xr-x. If you don't change the rights, OSX will fix it after next system boot if you allow. 4. Boot the system, start the Privoxy Utility and check that it is working. - - - Start of the Files - - - File1 for launchd: org.privoxy.privoxy: /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config File2 for StartupItems: StartupParameters.plist Provides = ("Privacy enhancing proxy"); Requires = ("Network", "Resolver"); OrderPreference = "None"; start = "Starting Privoxy"; stop = "Stopping Privoxy"; File3 for StartupItems: Privoxy: PRIVOXY_PATH=/usr/local/sbin PRIVOXY_PIDFILE=/var/run/privoxy.pid PRIVOXY_CONFIG=/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config PRIVOXY_LOG=/var/log/privoxy.log if [ -x ${PRIVOXY_PATH}/privoxy ]; then if ! pid=$(GetPID privoxy); then echo "Starting privacy enhancing proxy" ${PRIVOXY_PATH}/privoxy --pidfile ${PRIVOXY_PIDFILE} --user ${PRIVOXY_USER} ${PRIVOXY_CONFIG} >> ${PRIVOXY_LOG} 2>&1 if pid=$(GetPID privoxy); then echo "Stopping privacy enhancing proxy" echo "privoxy is not running." if pid=$(GetPID privoxy); then echo "Restarting privacy enhancing proxy" - - - End of the Files - - -
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| Jul 24 2009 |
TEKNOWLEDGIST Why is this being posted in MU?? Mac support for Privoxy was dropped back at v.3.0.10! Obviously, the project is still continuing, but this is only the tarball of the source code. It's unlikely to work in OS X even if you have the capability to compile it. If someone with Mac coding ability were to contribute to the project this excellent product could once again be available for OS X.
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| Jul 24 2009 |
TRONDAH Check your facts before commenting. Privoxy still compiles and runs fine on OSX. You can either install from source manually or install using MacPorts.
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| Jul 27 2009 |
TEKNOWLEDGIST My statement was based on the facts here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1ME4eK-0008C5-AF%40d55xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=ijbswa-users http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=1876629&group_id=11118 If it's working for you, great. Maybe you could post a link or some information on how the average MU user can "install from source manually". Privoxy should not however be on MU based on your anecdotal word when the official status for OS X is untested and unsupported.
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| Jul 27 2009 |
TRONDAH Nowhere does it say that Privoxy will not run or compile on OSX. Like I said, it runs fine. Here's the steps to install it: 2. Run 'sudo port install privoxy' in a terminal. I agree that it might not belong on MU though as nobody is providing a packaged installer for it, but just because they ain't supporting OSX anymore doesn't mean it doesn't work. OSX is UNIX and POSIX compliant, it's pretty much guaranteed to work the same way as in BSD or Linux.
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| Aug 18 2008 |
STROB I installed v3.0.10 onto OS X 10.4.11 with G5 using universal installer. But as with the initial upgrade to v3.0.8 this version prevents access to the internet. I am hoping that the developer fixes this as fast as he did the last time.
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| Aug 28 2008 |
STROB Well, about one week later I received a kernel panic and had to reboot. I then received a pop-up asking me to fix my security settings. All of a sudden Privoxy 3.0.10 is working. Not sure what happened to make the upgrade work. Is a reboot necessary?
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| Dec 9 2008 |
NEONBLUE2 ...yes? I'm not 100% sure but I reckon Privoxy doesn't start itself after installation. That's why you need to restart.
(Version 3.0.10) | |
| Aug 18 2008 |
SMKOL the re-configuration of Privoxy is completely accessible from the Privoxy Utility(which is a seperate drag-and-drop app) - any alternations to the default settings should be accessible there first and then if you enable the web alterations then you can configure most things through the browser. The current installer will also attempt to copy your current config files and list them as .old and so on in the utility. You can switch back and forth and copy and paste. However if you version is old it might be smarter to start fresh with the new one and add things as you go forward. In my experience a lot of cites that required custom steps to make work now just work.
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| May 21 2008 |
THEBRIX I find this the best ad-blocker for OS X; it is better than those provided by individual browsers (e.g. OmniWeb, Camino) or supplied as add-ons (e.g. AdBlockPlus, Saft, PithHelmet). The configuration front end for OS X is a start; although there is no need to alter the configuration (in my experience) if you need to do so you have to edit text files, although they are well presented and commented. I hope that the front end progresses to a full preference pane, as is suggested. The only weakness is that the installation is not fully automated; you have to edit global network settings to add the proxy (127.0.0.1 port 8118). However, doing so is relatively easy as that configuration is via the Networks preference pane ... Once that is done a bonus is that all Web connections (e.g. to RSS readers) pass through the proxy and are filtered.
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| Feb 15 2008 |
CORPSECORPS This altered install location SNAFU is enough to really CHEESE A PERSON OFF, but that's just the beginning! I ran the installer feeling that it's use was a bad sign to begin with, carefully pored over the readme (remembering what a pain in the nether regions this thing was back in the day), and couldn't find anything about where to find anything. After the install and a lengthy fruitless look in all the logical installation locations, i did a spotlight search and it too came up empty. Ran the installer AGAIN just so i could look over the readme AGAIN to find out where to locate the stupid thing. No help. Opened up Terminal to have a look in more obscure locations. Still couldn't find a bloody Privoxy folder. Tried the 'man' page. Worked, but no help as far as finding the rest. Went to the online manual and read where it said to look. NOT THERE! Cranked up Pathfinder and did a search. By then Time Machine had done a backup so i got a lengthy list of files and locations. What?! It's scattered all over in a bunch of directories not normally visible! Finally i went to the tracker and found the "Why the changed install location?" entry and read through a bunch of discussion which gave some reason to hope. Decided to check here for a new version or just express what a non-Mac-like disaster this thing is! What DO the developers have against simplicity?! | |
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| Apr 27 2008 |
SPACECAT85 According to Pacifist's examination of the install package, it's installed within various subfolders of the /usr directory (hit Command-Option-G in the Finder, then type in the path). Not sure why they changed this, myself--it might be easier for developers porting it from other systems, but it's definitely less friendly for end users, especially as the traditional Unix directories aren't visible by default on OS X. 3.0.6 and 3.0.3 were both in one tidy "Privoxy" folder in the OS X Library folder.
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 | Feb 10 2008 |
MARKM68K this version of privoxy has been updated. if you downloaded it two ago and were having problems, please download it again as there was a bug on mac os x 10.3 and 10.4 releases. if you continue to have problems, please email me directly.
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| Feb 10 2008 |
HEAVY_SHOWER from privoxy.org: To start Privoxy manually, double-click on the StartPrivoxy.command icon in the /Library/Privoxy folder. Or, type this command in the Terminal: I installed -- but no such folder exists. PPC - 10.4.11
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| Feb 10 2008 |
NEONBLUE2 It seems they forgot to update their documentation. If you were using Privoxy 3.0.6 then uninstall it (using the uninstall script in the same folder), install Privoxy 3.0.8, and then restart. Privoxy 3.0.8 installs into the startup items.
(Version 3.0.8) | |
| Feb 10 2008 |
HEAVY_SHOWER Thanks, Neonblue -- I found the folder. But it seems I'll have reinstall.
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 | Oct 6 2007 |
STEVEN JAY COHEN I forgot to rate it :) Aside from Ease of Use (which I gave a 3), the rest of Privoxy is definitely a 5. Heck, if it were possible, the other entries should all be 6! Privoxy developers seem to be of the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it school." It works GREAT in 10.4.10 on my Intel iMac, they don't NEED a newer version. If a new version is needed in 10.5.x, I trust that a newer one will be available. Great product!
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| Aug 4 2007 |
BRIONYBOB No reviews for quite a while, which is a shame: Privoxy is excellent. It's now on version 3.0.6 which is running just fine on my Intel mac, whether it's a universal binary or not. It's easy to configure, once you've given the documentation a quick read, and it does everything that Pith Helmet or Adblocker used to do. An amazing piece of kit - and free!
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| Oct 27 2006 |
SMKOL They're working on an update - 3.0.5! Keep watching - new features and smarter filtering!
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| May 26 2006 |
SMKOL I also use privoxy and many of the reasons outlined are still true. I would add a few comments. First, the released version is PPC only. You can get an Intel version - setup DarwinPorts on the intel and there is a privoxy setup to install - it compiled well on mine and delivered an intel based version of the program. Stop the old version, delete or rename the old main app, copy the new one from under the /opt folder of DarwinPorts to the main installation and then, reset permissions, and start it back up. I haven't noticed a big difference in performance but I felt better ( :-) ) Now, one thing that has bothered me a for a long long time. I'm concerned about nepharious web traffic that virus or trojan-like. At the mild level it's adware which doesn't yet affect the Macs much and at the severe level it's the security updates we get. I thought it would be smart of Privoxy to actually scan incoming content with a formal virus scanner. I see evidence such a thing was actually suggested before the final release with a contribution someone offered - but it's nowhere to be found. Some other schemes exist to do this, but most aren't Mac friendly, or mature, or easy or require a whole sale reconfig of your entire network, in order to use. I think such an addition would be a very great thing. Apple's pretty much tossed sand in the faces of virus writters with their recent ad campaign....
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| Sep 24 2005 |
SPACECAT85 Why should someone with a browser adblocker (such as AdBlock for Firefox) or an ad-blocking style sheet use Privoxy? -It is system-wide, meaning that ads in, for instance, newsletter e-mails displayed in Mail, are blocked. -It is extremely effective at what it does. -New sites can be added to Privoxy's actions without re-starting your browser (unlike adblocking CSS). Privoxy can easily be toggled on/off using the bookmarklets provided on one of the configuration pages. -It does more than simply block ads--it can also make frames re-sizeable, de-animate gifs, block cookies (and do a few other cookie-related things), etc. I have several main issues with Privoxy though, some of which have already been mentioned: -The default blocked ad image, a grid, isn't too attractive. It isn't hard to change this to a clear 1x1 GIF that doesn't take up any screen space, though. -It would be helpful if it came with links to other people's lists of ad servers to block and made it easier to add tons of sites to an action at once. I found one via Google with about a hundred ad servers, but it took awhile to find the list and manually paste the urls into my user actions document via TextEdit. -The ability to name sets of actions. For instance, I have an "exclude" action for sites I don't want Privoxy to do anything with, but it's a bit hard to visually pick it out at first. -Needs better documentation for beginners. I figured out how to set up things like actions, but getting a feel for how it worked took awhile. The more advanced features still elude me. -the web interface is okay, but the OS X Privoxy could also use a regular GUI interface. If someone made a nice, easier-to-understand front end for Privoxy (even a shareware version), I'd try it out immediately! -My installation stopped working after I installed a Tiger update. Backing up my actions files, then uninstalling/reinstalling Privoxy solved the problem. Otherwise, Privoxy hasn't crashed or done anything peculiar in the year or so I've been running it.
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| Sep 4 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Absolutely awesome. I've been using this since ver 2.0, and it's working fine in Tiger.
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| Aug 28 2005 |
VELGOR Guess I'm lucky. I've been running Privoxy since Jaguar came out with no issues whatsoever. It works fine for me under Tiger and I can't live without it. It IS long overdue for an update however, so I get nervous with each and every OS update.
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| Aug 10 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Privoxy may work... Nothing convenient is done to provide useful assistance : one can read the questions of the users in trouble (most faced with a systematic 503 failure) but not the (eventual) answers. Free softwares are sometimes not expensive enough... Can someone advise of an intelligible proxy-software for anonymous surfing (something to replace TOR) ?
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| Aug 9 2005 |
ANONYMOUS The product needs skilled users. For most people using a firewall or router and cannot or do not want to engage into reconfiguring them, privoxy will only produce 503 pages. Pity that things should be so complex and undocumented.
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| Aug 8 2005 |
ANONYMOUS This thing "simply" does not work on OS 10.2.8 as indicated by the numerous unresponded bug reports on the page, even when doing exactly as indicated in the doc. Probably the same problem is mt on 10.4 as indicated by similar unresponded reports. Basically all connections give a 503 result and the target link is given the local host # 127.0.0.1...
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| Jun 4 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Visiting some websites causes the browser to freeze. Not even force quit works! Is this a common problem? I ended up disabling privoxy.
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| Apr 10 2005 |
THEBRIX Certainly Privoxy is easy to set up - with the default settings - and it does what it says it will do for an unbeatable price. However, it is almost two years old now and, I believe, needs a bit of a rethink because Web sites are becoming more complex (quite often IE6 or Netscape 7 or equivalent are demanded, which was not the case then); it is more rigorous than other filters, such as PithHelmet or Firefox plus the Adblock extension, and the default Javascript filtering, in particular, has become a bit too harsh. I have trouble with quite a lot of sites because of this, and trying to finesse it is not helped by the awkward browser-based configuration; either of the filtering tools mentioned above is much easier to work.
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| Mar 28 2005 |
IBOOKUSER I've found another user name Tor, after installing Tor/Privoxy and I cant find any info abou this; also checkin for open ports at shields up gives a very strange resoult. If anybady have any knowlage about this it will be apreciated
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| Mar 10 2005 |
ANONYMOUS awesome.
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| Feb 24 2005 |
MACMEND Eeeek!...Urrrggh, another one of these utilties that looks extremely useful but is very hard to understand, I think it should be compulsory for all development teams to have a written communications expert. I always download these things and think great just what I want and then give up because the manual doesn't tell me what I ned to know or verges into geekdom...all commands from terminal and BSD or Linux terminology. I like my software and hardware demythologised, I don't want to have to learn another language to understand something on my computer. Sorry guys this is probababaly one amazing piece of software but to cut to the chase as a mac user I want it explained in 7 easy steps or a great GUI.
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| Feb 12 2005 |
DEEF Just got my first Mac after using Windows for many years & was upset to see that WebWasher wasn't supporting OS X -- then found privoxy. Setup was very straight-forward following the User Manual, & unlike some others I didn't need to reboot, just launched StartPrivoxy.org from the Finder and it's working. Oh -- discovered that setting http and https proxy from my browser (Opera) didn't work -- had to do it from System Preferences > Network.
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| Feb 12 2005 |
DEEF sorry that should read StartPrivoxy.command -- not .org ... anyway it's in the Starting Privoxy section of the manual.
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| Nov 28 2004 |
ANONYMOUS No problems here. Using it as a multi host gateway that filters all ads for every computer with no overhead for each of them. CPU usage is low and responsiveness is high (I have yet to notice a delay, and some pages load even faster since they do not load ads) Most important: very low false positives (hiding legitimate banners as ads)
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| Mar 27 2005 |
IBOOKUSER I've found another user name Tor, after installing Tor/Privoxy and I cant find any info abou this; also checkin for open ports at shields up gives a very strange resoult. If anybady have any knowlage about this it will be apreciated.
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| Feb 4 2004 |
BUMMED Would love to put this to use, but after setting up according to instructions, i get Privoxy's 'Error 503' page now matter what site i try to connect to! | |
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| Nov 12 2003 |
WHYTOI Great open source and multi-platform solution. But heavens, it's so complicated to configure. And then there are sites/pages that gets blocked and I just can't work out how to unblock it. I think this is good for technically trained users who wants lots of control. I think I'll bail for PithHelmet once a version is out for 10.3.
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| Nov 11 2003 |
THOMAS HELP It won't work. I've tried everything I could think of. Here is what terminal says: Last login: Tue Nov 11 13:59:08 on console /Library/Privoxy/StartPrivoxy.command; exit [HD:~] work% /Library/Privoxy/StartPrivoxy.command; exit cat: /Library/Receipts/Privoxy.pkg/Contents/Resources/Privoxy.loc: No such file or directory sudo: //privoxy: command not found [Process completed]
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| Nov 12 2003 |
DAVID SCHMIDT This is because the /Library/Receipts/Privoxy.pkg directory got deleted, one way or another. There is a bogus dependency on the privoxy.loc file stored in there (bad! bad developer!) that should not be. Version 3.0.2 has been re-issued as 3.0.2-1 to address the problem. The download is available from SourceForge: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ijbswa/privoxyosx_setup_3.0.2-1.zip?download and MacUpdate has been notified of the new mini-version as well.
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| Oct 21 2003 |
ALEXMATHEW Absolutely the best proxy server, pop-up, ad blocker!! 1. There is a slight 1-2 second delay after connecting to a site and displaying the content. Anyone else notice this? 2. Will placing the proxy information in the Network Preference apply to all the programs - including Mail etc..? It would be great if this and HenWen were combined to provide complete network security for a Mac OS X system. Again, the best implementation for a Free Software on the system side. HenWen would be the only other one I can think of. PBG3 400, Pismo, Mac OS 10.2.8, 512MB, 40GB, Mozilla 1.5
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| Nov 11 2003 |
SUNJA In my experience it depends on the page you're going to as far as time goes though , I've noticed nothing to say about on my G4. With the proxy installed on your own system, generally each app. has a preference choice for how it connects to the internet. A Great Versatile User-Active Program!
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| Nov 11 2003 |
SUNJA actually I might be wrong about the preferences
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| Oct 13 2003 |
SUNJA This program is super great. Happy Happy Happy. Took a little to learn basic regular expression but far easyer than it may look. no problems, or pages that aren't easily fixed. (just turn off to do updates) Great Price, etc etc..
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 | Jun 21 2003 |
FRONTPAGE First, make certain to follow the instructions. After you click the pkg to install and follow the instructions in your proxy prefs, don't ask questions and restart your computer. Then, go to this website: http://config.privoxy.org/ to make sure you're set up correctly. I've never ever worked within proxies, but it was easy to configure privoxy. It's worth the effort, which is minimal.
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| Jun 21 2003 |
ANONYMOUS I'm trying to figure where the catch is. Am I going to see splashes for shareware and links to privoxy's site? I write this because in just two days, I've become shocked at the power of privacy via proxy, and Privoxy's ability to bleach my internet surfing of the lousy ads. Honestly, sometimes I wonder if I'm missing something because since I loaded my laptop, I have seen so much more of what I want to see and very, very little of what I don't want to. Why is this free? It's too good to be free, too good to be true. Word to the wise: Be very precise in following the directions, or you may get frustrated. After you install the software (it puts itself where it needs), make certain to restart your system (you won't get prompts to). Then visit their website and check to make sure that your system is being cleansed. I'll try to add that place in the "tips and hints," because it can be a bit tricky to locate the test page (only reason ease of use was 4 stars) Mac OSX 10.2.6, Camino 0.7, Safari beta2 both work. I abandoned Internet Explorer since they abandoned Macintosh.
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| Jun 7 2003 |
JUSTIN MCMURTRY Privoxy utterly ROCKS!! Amazingly powerful, easy to configure (once you get used to it), and it just works. No more privacy-invading cookies from sites you don't authorize, no more annoying popups and banner ads (except only when and where you want them)... arguably the best utility I've ever used. And to top it off, it's cross-platform, open-source, and free of charge! Unbeatable.
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| May 27 2003 |
ANONYMOUS This is a great program, very powerful, even if it is a little difficult to configure. I don't know why it is being listed here now, since 3.02 was out a long time ago. I would recommend iTunes 4 and .Mac users stay away from 3.02 and use 3.00 because of conflicts that have been documented with this release. A new version which fixes these problems should be out soon.
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| May 27 2003 |
MOOFISTO Yeah, Privoxy ;) It runs in your BSD layer, essentially rewriting out obnoxious html/jscript code before it hits your browser. If you get used to using it, as I have this past year, you may forget what it's doing for you. That is, until you use someone else's computer, and wonder how anyone else can stand to use the web that way. A daunting number of options can be set in its web interface (the "user.action" file). The defaults, however, are very good, and the only user options I've seen need to use were the options to use whitelists (trusted sites where you allow all cookies, etc) and the (un)blocking of unwanted pop-ups: When using Camino's own pop-up blocking feature, sometimes I'd turn off Privoxy's. If you use IE, you'd better leave it on.
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