Adapting “hosts” file block lists to Privoxy's way of blocking…

[cattleyavns]

@whenever: Privoxy is better than hosts file and hosts file will get slowed if it reach, if I remember correctly is about 200KB, in that case, hosts file will become slower. And like Proxomitron, Privoxy is Portable and easy to setup, it can enhance user privacy by blocking Canvas Fingerprinting, it is extendable because Privoxy can inject javascript and even run complex Userscript using GM_, hide ads like Firefox's Adblock by injecting style tags with id/class/index and display:none;.

And hosts file is system level (on Windows at least, so we need root permission to modify hosts file, that is a big cons).

All feature above can easily achieve by using convert2privoxy, my converter automate a lot so we can generate those rule really easy.

Use hosts file rule as Privoxy rule is a way to use previous people work to minimize our work, which is good.

PS: I always carry Privoxy with my USB everytime I leave my home, I cannot live without my Privoxy set because after a long time tweaking, it can replace almost all browser addon, so I just have to plug my USB in, and then just enjoy my Privoxy set.