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><A
-NAME="AEN707"
+NAME="AEN728"
>4.1. How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</A
></H3
></TT
>
actions may cause a perceived slowdown, since the entire document
- needs to be buffered before displaying. And on very large documents, filtering may have
- some measurable impact. How much depends on the page size, the actual
- definition of the filter(s), etc. See below. Most other actions have little
- to no impact on speed.</P
+ needs to be buffered before displaying. And on very large documents,
+ filtering may have some measurable impact. How much depends on the page size,
+ the actual definition of the filter(s), etc. See below. Most other actions
+ have little to no impact on speed.</P
><P
> Also, when filtering is enabled but zlib support isn't available, compression
is often disabled (see <A
TARGET="_top"
>prevent-compression</A
>).
- This can have an impact on speed as well. Again, the page size, etc. will
- determine how much of an impact.</P
+ This can have an impact on speed as well, although it's probably smaller than
+ you might think. Again, the page size, etc. will determine how much of an impact.</P
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you can't even rule out that some of them only exist to *collect* information
on (those suspicious) people with a more than average preference for privacy.</P
><P
-> Your best bet is to chain <SPAN
+> If you want to hide your IP address from most adversaries,
+ you should consider chaining <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
with <A
-HREF="http://tor.eff.org/"
+HREF="https://www.torproject.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>Tor</A
->,
- an <A
-HREF="http://www.eff.org/"
-TARGET="_top"
->EFF</A
-> supported onion routing system.
+>.
The configuration details can be found in
<A
HREF="#TOR"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN773"
+NAME="AEN793"
>4.8. Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</A
></H3
><P
-> No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but unless you
+> No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are improved, but unless you
<A
HREF="#TOR"
TARGET="_top"
>Tor</SPAN
></A
>
- or a similar system and know what you're doing when it comes to configuring
- the rest of your system, it would be safest to assume that everything you do
+ or a similar proxy and know what you're doing when it comes to configuring
+ the rest of your system, you should assume that everything you do
on the Web can be traced back to you.</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>you</I
></SPAN
-> more freedom to decide which sites
+> more freedom to decide which sites
you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it neither
hides your IP address, nor can it guarantee that the rest of the system
behaves correctly. There are several possibilities how a web sites can find
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN791"
+NAME="AEN811"
>4.9. A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</A
></H3
><P
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Tor</SPAN
>
- to increase your anonymity level, therefore you should use socks4a, to make sure DNS requests are
- done through <SPAN
+ to increase your anonymity level, therefore you should use socks5, to make sure DNS
+ requests are done through <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Tor</SPAN
-> and thus invisible to your local network.</P
+> and thus invisible to your
+ local network. Using socks4a would work too, but with socks5 you get more precise error
+ messages.</P
><P
> Since <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
-># forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+># forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
</PRE
></TD
></TR
and that there are no other forward lines, unless you know that you need them. If everything looks good,
refer to
<A
-HREF="https://wiki.torproject.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#head-0e1cc2ac330ede8c6ad1ac0d0db0ac163b0e6143"
+HREF="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#IsMyConnectionPrivate"
TARGET="_top"
>Tor
Faq 4.2</A
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Tor</SPAN
> does, why it is no replacement for
- application level security, and why you shouldn't use it for unencrypted logins.</P
+ application level security, and why you probably don't want to
+ use it for unencrypted logins.</P
></DIV
><DIV
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><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN847"
+NAME="AEN867"
>4.11. Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</A
></H3
> is sometimes used in this way to identify
the browser, and adjust content accordingly.</P
><P
-> Also, different browsers use different encodings of Russian and Czech
+> Also, different browsers use different encodings of non-English
characters, certain web servers convert pages on-the-fly according to the
User Agent header. Giving a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Referer"</SPAN
> or cookie is provided, is another example. (But you
can forge both headers without giving information away). There are
- many other ways things that can go wrong when trying to fool a web server. The
+ many other ways things can go wrong when trying to fool a web server. The
results of which could inadvertently cause pages to load incorrectly,
partially, or even not at all. And there may be no obvious clues as to just
what went wrong, or why. Nowhere will there be a message that says
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN861"
+NAME="AEN881"
>4.12. Can Privoxy act as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"caching"</SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN871"
+NAME="AEN891"
>4.13. What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</A
></H3
><P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN876"
+NAME="AEN896"
>4.14. I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</A
></H3
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN884"
+NAME="AEN904"
>4.15. How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
></H3
><P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN898"
+NAME="AEN918"
>4.16. Privoxy runs as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"server"</SPAN
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="TURNOFF"
->4.17. How can I temporarily disable Privoxy?</A
+>4.17. Can I temporarily disable Privoxy?</A
></H3
><P
-> The easiest way is to access <SPAN
+> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> with your
- browser by using the remote toggle URL: <A
+> doesn't have a transparent proxy mode,
+ but you can toggle off blocking and content filtering.</P
+><P
+> The easiest way to do that is to point your browser
+ to the remote toggle URL: <A
HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle"
TARGET="_top"
>http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</A
->.
- See the <A
+>.</P
+><P
+> See the <A
HREF="../user-manual/appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
TARGET="_top"
>Bookmarklets section</A
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> is still acting as a proxy, but just not
- doing any of the things that <SPAN
+> is still acting as a proxy, but just
+ doing less of the things that <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> would
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> does not do FTP at all, only HTTP
- and HTTPS (SSL) protocols, so please don't try.</P
+ and HTTPS (SSL) protocols.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><TR
><TD
> <A
-HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/"
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/</A
+>,
+ the <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> developer manual.
+ </TD
+></TR
+></TBODY
+></TABLE
+><P
+></P
+>
+ <P
+></P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+><TBODY
+><TR
+><TD
+> <A
+HREF="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/"
TARGET="_top"
->http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/</A
+>https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/</A
>,
the Project Page for <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><TR
><TD
> <A
-HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288"
+HREF="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288"
TARGET="_top"
->http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288</A
+>https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288</A
>, to submit <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"misses"</SPAN
></P
>
+
<P
></P
><TABLE
><TR
><TD
> <A
-HREF="http://privacy.net/"
-TARGET="_top"
->http://privacy.net/</A
->, a useful site
- to check what information about you is leaked while you browse the web.
- </TD
-></TR
-></TBODY
-></TABLE
-><P
-></P
->
- <P
-></P
-><TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-><TBODY
-><TR
-><TD
-> <A
HREF="http://www.squid-cache.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.squid-cache.org/</A
><TR
><TD
> <A
-HREF="http://tor.eff.org/"
+HREF="https://www.torproject.org/"
TARGET="_top"
->http://tor.eff.org/</A
+>https://www.torproject.org/</A
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><P
></P
>
- <P
-></P
-><TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-><TBODY
-><TR
-><TD
-> <A
-HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/"
-TARGET="_top"
->http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/</A
->,
- the <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> developer manual.
- </TD
-></TR
-></TBODY
-></TABLE
-><P
-></P
-></P
+ </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
>"Text replacements for subversive browsing
fun!"</SPAN
> or you are using an older Privoxy version and have implicitly
- activated it by choosing the <SPAN
+ activated it by choosing the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Adventuresome"</SPAN
+>"Advanced"</SPAN
> profile in the
- web-based editor. Please upgrade!</P
+ web-based editor. Please upgrade.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
should always conform to the HTML 4.01 specifications, it has not been
validated against this or any other standard. </P
></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="SURPRISE-PRIVOXY"
+>4.27. How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?</A
+></H3
+><P
+> We didn't. We make Privoxy available for download, but we don't go
+ around installing it on other people's systems behind their back.
+ If you discover Privoxy running on your system and are sure you didn't
+ install it yourself, somebody else did. You may not even be running
+ the real Privoxy, but maybe something else that only pretends to be
+ Privoxy, or maybe something that is based on the real Privoxy,
+ but has been modified.</P
+><P
+> Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of
+ Privoxy versions that come preinstalled on some Netbooks.
+ Some of the problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour
+ of official Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled
+ software may contain vendor modifications that we don't know about
+ and thus can't debug.</P
+><P
+> Privoxy's <A
+HREF="copyright.html"
+>license</A
+> allows vendor
+ modifications, but the vendor has to comply with the license,
+ which involves informing the user about the changes and to make
+ the changes available under the same license as Privoxy itself.</P
+><P
+> If you are having trouble with a modified Privoxy version,
+ please try to talk to whoever made the modifications before
+ reporting the problem to us. Please also try to convince
+ whoever made the modifications to talk to us. If you think
+ somebody gave you a modified Privoxy version without complying
+ to the license, please let us know.</P
+></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
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