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Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic. Also check out my new project, https://github.com/Barre/ZeroFS

18 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 5 stories, 13 comments · first 2022-05-10 · latest 2024-10-12

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  1. I thought this was a cool idea, so I looked around for existing implementations and found https://github.com/barre/privaxy Been a while since the last commit, so I'm not sure if it's maintained, but I might try adding it (or something…
    comment by wbadart · 2024-10-12 · in "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
  2. In my understanding, content blocking proxy should still work. For example, - https://github.com/barre/privaxy - https://github.com/AdguardTeam/urlfilter
    comment by maxloh · 2023-11-17 · in Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome extensions
  3. Content blocking proxy should still work. For example, - https://github.com/barre/privaxy - https://github.com/AdguardTeam/urlfilter
    comment by maxloh · 2023-11-17 · in Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome extensions
  4. https://github.com/epitron/mitm-adblock or https://github.com/barre/privaxy
    comment by twleo · 2023-09-16 · in Yes, Android 14 still allows modification of system certificates
  5. …a few more resourceful vendors to do the right thing for their interests, and we're disarmed. [0] https://github.com/barre/privaxy
    comment by pdimitar · 2023-09-14 · in How mobile apps illegally share personal data
  6. (With thanks to your grandchild) https://github.com/barre/privaxy seems definitely worth a look - thanks!
    comment by ttctciyf · 2023-08-27 · in Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf
  7. Didn't help that they spelled the name incorrectly, but I found it :D https://github.com/barre/privaxy
    comment by scoopertrooper · 2023-08-27 · in Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf
  8. …out ads on my smart-tv apps. https://github.com/deetungsten/webui-privaxy is the dockerized fork of https://github.com/Barre/privaxy
    comment by ajkblue · 2023-08-27 · in Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf
  9. …[4] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/ublock-origin... [5] https://github.com/Barre/privaxy [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31432848
    comment by dhx · 2023-07-26 · in Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results [pdf]
  10. …cert. And for this project, you need to configure each machine to funnel through the proxy anyways. https://github.com/Barre/privaxy#local-system-configuration Personally, I use NextDNS which allows you to block categories, IPs, and use…
    comment by SparkyMcUnicorn · 2022-12-14 · in uBlock Origin Core
  11. Shameless plug: https://github.com/Barre/privaxy It’s a proxy that does just this.
    comment by pierrebarre · 2022-12-14 · in uBlock Origin Core
  12. Ublock make it that the links are not even displayed. You may be interested in https://github.com/Barre/privaxy
    comment by Kuinox · 2022-10-30 · in Google Ad Disguising Itself as www.gimp.org
  13. Shameless plug: https://github.com/Barre/privaxy It can be easily configured to block any host or path.
    comment by pierrebarre · 2022-05-27 · in Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)