Public proxy servers that block images and videos?

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

Could someone recommend a public proxy servers that block images and videos?

I just wanna read text! And I don't plan to login when doing so. ;)

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[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <qa4d9d$55b$1...@toylet.eternal-september.org>, Mr. Man-wai

Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>Could someone recommend a public proxy servers that block images and videos?
>
>I just wanna read text! And I don't plan to login when doing so. ;)
>

You are using one now (-:

[usenet (-:]
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[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 4/28/2019 11:14 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message <qa4d9d$55b$1...@toylet.eternal-september.org>, Mr. Man-wai
> Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>Could someone recommend a public proxy servers that block images and videos?
>>
>>I just wanna read text! And I don't plan to login when doing so. ;)
>>
> You are using one now (-:
>
> [usenet (-:]
>

Who's gonna translate webpages from HTTP websites into plain text and
post them into NNTP Usenet? I don't see any robot doing that! :)

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <qa4gkl$p0u$1...@toylet.eternal-september.org>, Mr. Man-wai

Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> writes:
>On 4/28/2019 11:14 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message <qa4d9d$55b$1...@toylet.eternal-september.org>, Mr. Man-wai
>> Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>Could someone recommend a public proxy servers that block images and videos?
>>>
>>>I just wanna read text! And I don't plan to login when doing so. ;)
>>>
>> You are using one now (-:
>> [usenet (-:]
>>
>
>Who's gonna translate webpages from HTTP websites into plain text and
>post them into NNTP Usenet? I don't see any robot doing that! :)
>

You said "I just wanna read text!". You didn't say you wanted to read
HTTP.

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

>>
> You said "I just wanna read text!". You didn't say you wanted to read
> HTTP.
>

Do you know what "proxy server" is? Do your private R&D with Linux!

[Arlen G. Holder]

On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:28:12 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> You said "I just wanna read text!". You didn't say you wanted to read
> HTTP.

Don't almost all browsers have the ability to block video & images?

As for proxies, for the OP, what's wrong with the standards?
o Epic Privacy Browser
o Opera VPN Browser

And maybe even these (which are more than proxies):
o Brave Tor-enabled browser
o Tor Browser Bundle

In short, I'm not exactly sure what the OP wants, but I didn't even see the
OP's post until JP Gilliver responded to it (the OP is in my killfile for
some reason that I don't remember, probably due to past off-topic posts
perhaps), where I would ask the OP to simply set up Epic (which is faster
than Opera in most cases in my experience) to not show any images or
videos.

Wouldn't that alone instantly give the OP exactly what he asked for?

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 4/29/2019 12:00 AM, Arlen G. Holder wrote:
>
> As for proxies, for the OP, what's wrong with the standards?
> o Epic Privacy Browser
> o Opera VPN Browser
>
> And maybe even these (which are more than proxies):
> o Brave Tor-enabled browser
> o Tor Browser Bundle

VPN has NOTHING to do with content blocking!!! I wanna auto-magically
block all images, videos and audios while keeping the text in the web-pages!

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <qa4ine$ejj$1...@news.mixmin.net>, Arlen G. Holder

<arling...@nospam.net> writes:
>On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:28:12 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>
>> You said "I just wanna read text!". You didn't say you wanted to read
>> HTTP.
>
>Don't almost all browsers have the ability to block video & images?
>
>As for proxies, for the OP, what's wrong with the standards?
>o Epic Privacy Browser
>o Opera VPN Browser
>
>And maybe even these (which are more than proxies):
>o Brave Tor-enabled browser
>o Tor Browser Bundle
>
>In short, I'm not exactly sure what the OP wants, but I didn't even see the

He doesn't just want local (to him) software: he wants something remote
from him, presumably so he can look at things his local provider blocks.
(If he just wants a text-only browser, there are a few - Lynx is a name
that springs to mind.)

>OP's post until JP Gilliver responded to it (the OP is in my killfile for
>some reason that I don't remember, probably due to past off-topic posts
>perhaps), where I would ask the OP to simply set up Epic (which is faster
>than Opera in most cases in my experience) to not show any images or
>videos.
>
>Wouldn't that alone instantly give the OP exactly what he asked for?

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[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 4/29/2019 1:17 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>
> He doesn't just want local (to him) software: he wants something remote
> from him, presumably so he can look at things his local provider blocks.
> (If he just wants a text-only browser, there are a few - Lynx is a name
> that springs to mind.)

No, because I don't wanna set up picture-blocking proxy server myself.

I know Linux, I know Squid, and it's tedious to do the dirty job. :)

[Carlos E. R.]

On 28/04/2019 19.33, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 4/29/2019 1:17 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>
>> He doesn't just want local (to him) software: he wants something remote
>> from him, presumably so he can look at things his local provider blocks.
>> (If he just wants a text-only browser, there are a few - Lynx is a name
>> that springs to mind.)
>
> No, because I don't wanna set up picture-blocking proxy server myself.
>
> I know Linux, I know Squid, and it's tedious to do the dirty job. :)

You can in Linux use text only browsers: lynx, links, w3m... they will
not show the pictures, although they might download them if asked.

I don't know if there are Windows versions.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)>

The article mentions a Windows version, and I found download links.


Although I don't know if they skip downloading images or they download
first then discard as impossible to render; but in that case they could
attempt to render as ascii art. I assume they are not downloaded.


If what you want is reduce the bandwidth, you can also camouflage your
browser as the mobile version of a browser. Many pages are aware of that
and then provide a faster page with less bloat.


Lynx was used to verify if a page rendered correctly in text mode,
because if it did then blind people could do with their touch devices, too.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)#Accessibility>

«Because of its refreshable braille display and text-to-speech–friendly
interface, Lynx can be used for internet access by visually impaired
users.[27][11][17] As Lynx substitutes images, frames and other
non-textual content with the text from alt, name and title HTML
attributes[28] and allows hiding the user interface elements,[29] the
browser becomes specifically suitable for use with cost-effective
general purpose screen reading software.[30][31][32] A version of Lynx
specifically enhanced for use with screen readers on Windows was
developed at Indian Institute of Technology Madras.[33]»



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[Arlen G. Holder]

On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:17:57 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> He doesn't just want local (to him) software: he wants something remote
> from him, presumably so he can look at things his local provider blocks.
> (If he just wants a text-only browser, there are a few - Lynx is a name
> that springs to mind.)

Hi JP Gilliver,

I apologize for misunderstanding the question; my response was not helpful
since my response was a _local_ block of the image/video content.

The OP seems to desire a _remote_ block of image/video content without
blocking the entire domain (which a hosts file would do).

It may be that the OP simply wants a proxy site that automatically blocks
only web-delivered video and images, which might exist ... somewhere ...
where that's an interesting request... so ... googling... I see that Squid
does come up a lot in the hits, so, it's a common enough request.
<https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/squid-content-filter-block-files/>

Hence I apologize for not understanding the OP's request, where, I was
trying to be helpful but it seems what the OP wants is not obvious to find
a good solution for, which seems to be:
o Block all image & video HTTP requests remotely by proxy

In short, I'll step out as I have no good answer for the OP's question
o But the question itself is interesting so I will be hopeful someone will
provide a good answer for remote blocking via proxy of web image/video
content.

NOTE: Usually people use proxies to _unblock_ geo-blocked image/video content!

[Lucifer]

On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 22:27:57 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
<toylet...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Could someone recommend a public proxy servers that block images and videos?
>
>I just wanna read text! And I don't plan to login when doing so. ;)

My ISP has blocked Pirate Bay and the proxies to get around that
don't allow file download.