Install a privacy-enhancing web proxy

Jun 18, '02 09:05:55PM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Found this after seeing the article mentioning junkbuster. Privoxy is (according to their website):

... a proxy that is solely focused on privacy protection and junk elimination. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet, it is in a perfect position to filter outbound personal information that your browser is leaking, as well as inbound junk. It uses a variety of techniques to do this, all of which are under your control via the various configuration files and options.
Privoxy is based on the junkbuster source, has features like browser-based configuration and intelligent filtering, and they have an OS X package available for download. The only problem I had with it was that /Library -> StartupItems -> Privoxy -> Privoxy needed the execute bit set (chmod 755 Privoxy).

[Editor's note: I have not used this package myself.]

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