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Show HN: Privaxy – Like uBlock but through a MitM proxy and no browser extension

by pierrebarre on 5/10/22, 7:49 PM with 13 comments

• by rfd4sgmk8u on 5/10/22, 11:59 PM

  Subverting browser trust by installing a mitm root is not a good way to implement network policy. Many have tried to do this, such as AV vendors, and it generally ends badly. Do I trust your TLS and certificate trust implementation over a mainline browsers? Do you understand the nuances of implementing webPKI for browsers?

  I think asking the user to give up traffic authentication and confidentiality for a privacy features are best be implemented as a browser extension without this trade-off.

• by pull_my_finger on 5/12/22, 7:19 PM

  Seems to be dangerously encroaching on the namespace of Privoxy[1] which offers a somewhat overlapping solution.

  [1]: https://www.privoxy.org/

• by Z_I_F_F on 5/10/22, 11:57 PM

  I'm only somewhat versed in networking and proxies - how is this different from something like SquidGuard?

• by russdpale on 5/10/22, 8:45 PM

  Really cool idea, will be watching for this to hit production readiness.