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A bash script for OS X that converts adblock lists to privoxy's format

3 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 0 stories, 3 comments · first 2014-05-14 · latest 2015-01-02

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  1. …where this comes up, Privoxy is best used (IMO) with a well-maintained ABP list. Converters such as https://github.com/skroll/privoxy-adblock work pretty well for this task (put it on a cron and/or use LaunchControl to wrangle the update…
    comment by seanp2k2 · 2015-01-02 · in Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
  2. That's my biggest reason for switching from AdBlock+ to Privoxy + https://github.com/skroll/privoxy-adblock . Same blocking rules but uses a ton less memory, since each tab isn't running all of AB+ .
    comment by seanp2k2 · 2014-12-13 · in Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
  3. …Privoxy a few weeks ago: GNU/Linux: http://andrwe.org/scripting/bash/privoxy-blocklist OS X: https://github.com/skroll/privoxy-adblock Scripts to convert Adblock-filters to the Privoxy-format. They have worked well so far.
    comment by Zirro · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage