If you crave for privacy and wish to protect your communications (like chat and email) from prying eyes, this is how dynamic port forwarding can turn SSH into a SOCKS proxy server.

The idea is to forward all traffic from @unsecure to @secure location via SSH and then use Internet from @secure location.

To set up a proxy run

ssh -C -D 1080 user@SecureLocation.com

-C enables compression
-D 1080 runs dynamic port forwarding on port 1080

After you connect to secure location, edit browser, email or chat SOCKS proxy settings, pointing them to ‘localhost:1080‘ and use your apps without worrying of being snooped.