What's the Best Way to Set Up an HTTP SOCKS Proxy for Secure Browsing? or How Does an HTTP SOCKS Prox

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions! Shadowsocks and SSH tunneling sound like the easiest wins for me. Gonna give ‘em a shot this weekend.

Quick follow-up: anyone have a favorite VPS provider for hosting a http socks proxy? Heard mixed things about DigitalOcean vs. Linode for privacy.

Also, ipleak.net is a lifesaver—totally didn’t know about that. Appreciate the tips!