Redacted excerpt; full evidence withheld. $ pwd; ls -la; sed -n '1,240p' README.md; python3 --version; id -u exit: 0 _PROXIES`) the guard sits in front of it: it validates the destination, then asks the proxy to connect to that IP (HTTP `CONNECT`, SOCKS5 with optional user/password, or SOCKS4), so a proxy — even a trusted local one — can never be steered at an internal host. Side effect: DNS is resolved on this machine, not at the proxy, so geo-DNS/CDN edges follow your location rather than the proxy's, and SOCKS4 cannot reach IPv6-only sites. `LOOKACRAWLER_ALLOW_LOCAL=true` turns all of this off and talks to the proxy directly (for local development only). ### 3. Google Maps engine (optional) [excerpt truncated]