- Privoxy is an instrumentable HTTP proxy that filters the HTTP data
- stream between web servers and browsers. Privoxy can be used to
- protect privacy, manage cookies, filter web page content, manage
- access restrictions, and to discard such annoying Internet junk as
- ads, banners, and pop-ups. Or whatever other annoyances strike your
- fancy.
+ Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
+ protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies,
+ controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
+ obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration
+ and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy
+ has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.