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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NEWJB" id="NEWJB">1.5. What is this new
version of <span class="QUOTE">"Junkbuster"</span>?</a></h3>
- <p>A long time ago, there was the <a href=
- "http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html" target="_top"><span class=
- "APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span></a>, by Anonymous Coders and
- <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/" target="_top">Junkbusters
- Corporation</a>. This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days
- of web advertising and user tracking.</p>
+ <p>A long time ago, there was the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
+ Junkbuster</span>, by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation.
+ This saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of web
+ advertising and user tracking.</p>
<p>But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the
techniques for forcing ads on users, give up autonomy over their
browsing, and for tracking them, keeps evolving. Unfortunately, the
<span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span> did not. Version
- 2.0.2, published in 1998, was (and is) the last official <a href=
- "http://www.junkbusters.com/ijbdist.html#release" target=
- "_top">release</a> available from <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com"
- target="_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a>. Fortunately, it had been
- released under the GNU <a href=
- "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html" target=
- "_top">GPL</a>, which allowed further development by others.</p>
+ 2.0.2, published in 1998, was the last official release, available from
+ Junkbusters Corporation. Fortunately, it had been released under the
+ GNU <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html"
+ target="_top">GPL</a>, which allowed further development by others.</p>
<p>So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an improved version of the
software, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches.
2000.</p>
<p>Then, some <a href=
- "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS" target=
+ "https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS" target=
"_top">developers</a> picked up the thread, and started turning the
software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding many
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES"
+ <a href=
+ "https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES"
target="_top">new features</a> along the way.</p>
<p>The result of this is <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>,
whose first stable version, 3.0, was released August, 2002.</p>
+
+ <p>As of 2012 the Junkbusters Corporation's website
+ (http://www.junkbusters.com/) has been shut down, but Privoxy is still
+ actively maintained.</p>
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- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN85" id="AEN85">1.6. Why <span class=
- "QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name from Junkbuster at
- all?</a></h3>
-
- <p>Though outdated, <a href="http://junkbusters.com/" target=
- "_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a> continues to offer their original
- version of the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Junkbuster</span>, so
- publishing our <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>-derived
- software under the same name led to confusion.</p>
-
- <p>There are also potential legal complications from our use of the
- <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> name, which is a registered
- trademark of <a href="http://junkbusters.com/" target=
- "_top">Junkbusters Corporation</a>. There are, however, no objections
- from Junkbusters Corporation to the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> project itself, and they, in fact, still
- share our ideals and goals.</p>
-
- <p>The developers also believed that there are so many improvements
- over the original code, that it was time to make a clean break from the
- past and make a name in their own right.</p>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHYPRIVOXY" id="WHYPRIVOXY">1.6. Why
+ <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name from
+ Junkbuster at all?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their
+ original version of the <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
+ Junkbuster</span> for a while, so publishing our <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>-derived software under the same name
+ would have led to confusion.</p>
+
+ <p>There were also potential legal reasons not to use the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> name, as it was (and maybe still is) a
+ registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation. There were, however,
+ no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> project itself, and they, in fact, shared
+ our ideals and goals.</p>
+
+ <p>The Privoxy developers also believed that there were so many
+ improvements over the original code, that it was time to make a clean
+ break from the past and make a name in their own right.</p>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is the <span class=
- "QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">Privacy Enhancing
- Proxy</span>"</span>. Also, its content modification and junk
- suppression gives <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">you</span>, the
- user, more control, more freedom, and allows you to browse your
- personal and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">private</span> edition"</span> of the web.</p>
+ "QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Privacy Enhancing
+ Proxy</i></span>"</span>. Also, its content modification and junk
+ suppression gives <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">you</i></span>, the user, more control, more freedom, and
+ allows you to browse your personal and <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">private</i></span>
+ edition"</span> of the web.</p>
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differ from the old Junkbuster?</a></h3>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> picks up where <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> left off. The new <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> left off. <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> still blocks ads and banners, still
manages <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>, and still helps protect your privacy. But, most of
is twofold:</p>
<p>First, there are certain patterns in the <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">locations</span> (URLs) of banner images. This
- applies to both the path (you wouldn't guess how many web sites serve
- their banners from a directory called <span class=
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">locations</i></span> (URLs) of banner
+ images. This applies to both the path (you wouldn't guess how many web
+ sites serve their banners from a directory called <span class=
"QUOTE">"banners"</span>!) and the host (blocking the big banner
hosting services like doublecklick.net already helps a lot).
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> takes advantage of this fact
that sound like they would be ads or banners.</p>
<p>Second, banners tend to come in certain <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">sizes</span>. But you can't tell the size of an
- image by its URL without downloading it, and if you do, it's too late
- to save bandwidth. Therefore, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- also inspects the HTML sources of web pages while they are loaded, and
- replaces references to images with standard banner sizes by dummy
- references, so that your browser doesn't request them anymore in the
- first place.</p>
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">sizes</i></span>. But you can't tell the
+ size of an image by its URL without downloading it, and if you do, it's
+ too late to save bandwidth. Therefore, <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> also inspects the HTML sources of web
+ pages while they are loaded, and replaces references to images with
+ standard banner sizes by dummy references, so that your browser doesn't
+ request them anymore in the first place.</p>
<p>Both of this involves a certain amount of guesswork and is, of
course, freely and readily configurable.</p>
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- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN163" id="AEN163">1.9. Can Privoxy make
- mistakes? This does not sound very scientific.</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="MISTAKES" id="MISTAKES">1.9. Can Privoxy
+ make mistakes? This does not sound very scientific.</a></h3>
<p>Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to
have a broad rule accidentally block or change something by mistake.
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- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN169" id="AEN169">1.10. Will I have to
- configure Privoxy before I can use it?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="CONFIGORNOT" id="CONFIGORNOT">1.10. Will I
+ have to configure Privoxy before I can use it?</a></h3>
<p>That depends on your expectations. The default installation should
give you a good starting point, and block <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">most</span> ads and unwanted content, but many
- of the more advanced features are off by default, and require you to
- activate them.</p>
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">most</i></span> ads and unwanted
+ content, but many of the more advanced features are off by default, and
+ require you to activate them.</p>
<p>You do have to set up your browser to use <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> (see the <a href=
does the same things as Privoxy. Why should I use Privoxy at
all?</a></h3>
- <p>Modern browsers do indeed have <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">some</span> of the same functionality as
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. Maybe this is adequate for
- you. But <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is very versatile and
+ <p>Modern browsers do indeed have <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">some</i></span> of the same functionality as <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. Maybe this is adequate for you. But
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is very versatile and
powerful, and can probably do a number of things your browser just
can't.</p>
and <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> privacy enhancing
features at the same time. While your browser probably lacks some
features <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> offers, it should
- also be able to do some things more reliable, for example restricting
+ also be able to do some things more reliably, for example restricting
and suppressing JavaScript.</p>
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trust Privoxy?</a></h3>
<p>The most important reason is because you have access to <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">everything</span>, and you can control
- everything. You can check every line of every configuration file
- yourself. You can check every last bit of source code should you
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">everything</i></span>, and you can
+ control everything. You can check every line of every configuration
+ file yourself. You can check every last bit of source code should you
desire. And even if you can't read code, there should be some comfort
in knowing that other people can, and do read it. You can build the
software from scratch, if you want, so that you know the executable is
- clean, and that it is <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">yours</span>.
- In fact, we encourage this level of scrutiny. It is one reason we use
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> ourselves.</p>
+ clean, and that it is <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">yours</i></span>. In fact, we encourage this level of
+ scrutiny. It is one reason we use <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> ourselves.</p>
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for more information on the license and copyright. Or the <tt class=
"FILENAME">LICENSE</tt> file that should be included.</p>
- <p>There is <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">no warranty</span> of
- any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise. That is something that would
- cost real money ;-) There is no registration either.</p>
+ <p>There is <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">no
+ warranty</i></span> of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise. That
+ is something that would cost real money ;-) There is no registration
+ either.</p>
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<h4 class="SECT3"><a name="PARTICIPATE" id="PARTICIPATE">1.17.1.
Would you like to participate?</a></h4>
- <p>Well, we <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">always</span> need
- help. There is something for everybody who wants to help us. We
- welcome new developers, packagers, testers, documentation writers or
- really anyone with a desire to help in any way. You <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">DO NOT</span> need to be a <span class=
- "QUOTE">"programmer"</span>. There are many other tasks available. In
- fact, the programmers often can't spend as much time programming
- because of some of the other, more mundane things that need to be
- done, like checking the Tracker feedback sections or responding to
- user questions on the mailing lists.</p>
+ <p>Well, we <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">always</i></span> need help. There is something for
+ everybody who wants to help us. We welcome new developers, packagers,
+ testers, documentation writers or really anyone with a desire to help
+ in any way. You <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">DO
+ NOT</i></span> need to be a <span class="QUOTE">"programmer"</span>.
+ There are many other tasks available. In fact, the programmers often
+ can't spend as much time programming because of some of the other,
+ more mundane things that need to be done, like checking the Tracker
+ feedback sections or responding to user questions on the mailing
+ lists.</p>
<p>So first thing, subscribe to the <a href=
"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users" target=
problems you noticed.</p>
<p>If you intend to help out with the trackers, you also might want
- to <a href="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php" target=
+ to <a href="https://sourceforge.net/user/registration" target=
"_top">get an account on SourceForge.net</a> so we don't confuse you
with the other name-less users.</p>
<h4 class="SECT3"><a name="DONATE" id="DONATE">1.17.2. Would you like
to donate?</a></h4>
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is developed by unpaid
- volunteers and thus our current running costs are pretty low.
- Nevertheless, we have plans that will cost money in the future. They
- include, but aren't limited to spending money on:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>Hardware to help make sure <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> keeps running on platforms the
- developers currently can't test on and can be ported to
- others.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>Technical books to educate our developers about said platforms
- or to improve their knowledge in general.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>More reliable hosting,</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>We would like to get this money through donations made by our
- users.</p>
-
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has therefore become an
- associated project of <a href=
- "http://www.spi-inc.org/about-spi/about-spi" target="_top">Software
- in the Public Interest (SPI)</a>, which allows us to receive
- donations. In the United States they are tax-deductible, in a few
- other western countries they might be tax-deductible in the
- future.</p>
-
- <p>If you read this section before you may notice that paying for the
- project domain privoxy.org is no longer on the list. It has been
- transferred to SPI is sponsored by Mythic Beasts Ltd.</p>
-
- <p>If you enjoy our software and feel like helping out with a
- donation, please have a look at <a href=
- "http://www.spi-inc.org/donations" target="_top">SPI's donation
- page</a> to see what the options are. If you have any questions
- regarding donations please mail to either the public user mailing
- list or, if it's a private matter, to <a href=
- "mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de" target="_top">Fabian Keil</a> (Privoxy's
- SPI liason) directly.</p>
+ <p>Donations are welcome. Our <a href=
+ "http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/TODO?view=markup"
+ target="_top">TODO list</a> is rather long and being able to pay one
+ (or more) developers to work on Privoxy would make a huge difference,
+ even if it was only for a couple of weeks. Donations may also be used
+ for Privoxy-related travel expenses (for example to attend
+ conferences), for hardware used for Privoxy development and for
+ hosting expenses etc.</p>
+
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is an associated project
+ of <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/" target="_top">Software in the
+ Public Interest (SPI)</a>, which allows us to receive tax-deductible
+ donations in the United States. If you want to donate through SPI,
+ please use <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations" target=
+ "_top">SPI's donation page</a> to see what the options are.</p>
+
+ <p>You can also donate to Privoxy using a bank account or a "Paypal"
+ address:</p>
+
+ <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
+ Name on account: <a href=
+ "https://www.zwiebelfreunde.de/" target="_top">Zwiebelfreunde
+ e.V.</a><br>
+ IBAN: DE95430609671126825604<br>
+ BIC: GENODEM1GLS<br>
+ Bank: GLS Bank</p>
+
+ <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
+ "Paypal" address: privoxy@zwiebelfreunde.de</p>
+
+ <p>Donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. are tax-deductible in
+ Germany and other countries that recognize German charitable clubs.
+ Feel free to use the Subject field to provide a name to be credited
+ and a list of TODO list items you are interested in the most. For
+ example: Max Mustermann: #16, #1, #14.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently
+ can't be checked automatically so you may not get credited right
+ away. The credits currently reflect donations received before
+ 2016-01-14.</p>
+
+ <p>If you have any questions regarding donations please mail to
+ either the public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
+ <a href="mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de" target="_top">Fabian Keil</a>
+ (Privoxy's SPI liaison) directly.</p>
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