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If you have an Alchemy-based firmware running on your home router, you can enable sshd so you can have an always-on ssh tunnel wherever you go.

I did this to my home router and had it all working in about 30 minutes. Most of that time was trying to figure out how to get putty to open a tunnel (and registering/configuring a No-IP dynamic dns account).

An alternative to the chrome command line option is the Proxy Switchy extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/caehdcpeofiiigpd...

This is exactly what I do (but with OpenSSH) its even the same port :P

Not a very 'green' solution!

My point was that having a computer running 24/7 at home to use as a secure proxy when you are out in the field is a bit wasteful. The technical solution was fine - though I can't see many non-techies getting their heads around this. Why the down vote - pffffh.