AdGuard DNS: A Privacy-Oriented DNS Server

Post by jsmith99 » Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 1:56 AM UTC

Nullabillity wrote: post #5

Amazonerh wrote: post #3

This is really groundbreaking but it got less noise than I thought it would. Adhell (an app that is capable of doing system wide ad blocking along with many other things thanks to Knox which is Samsung-only capability) was the main reason I stayed with Samsung for years. Now every phone with Android Pie will be to use dns based ad blocking in all networks without running an annoying app in the background.

There's also AdAway, which runs on any rooted Android phone, and doesn't require you to show all your traffic to a particular DNS server.

Post by spork12 » Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 2:22 AM UTC

jcastro wrote: post #14

plg wrote: post #13

I’ve been using Pi-Hole on my home network and it’s amazing. Routinely 18-20%% of DNS requests are blocked. When my wife goes out onto another network she says she is shocked at how ugly her web browsing becomes (ads on nytimes, huffpo, etc). I highly recommend it. Am using it with cloudfare’s encrypted DNS just as one more middle finger to my ISP.

> Am using it with cloudfare’s encrypted DNS just as one more middle finger to my ISP. Curious how you set this up? I see cloudflare as an option in the pihole settings but doesn't appear to be encrypted? (at least as a default)

Post by greglindahl » Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 3:06 AM UTC

2bitencryption wrote: post #27

I never liked the idea of using DNS services for filtering web content. For one, it seems like the wrong tool for the job. Filtered content can simply switch to identifying content by IP address instead of DNS, correct? Or change DNS constantly. And for two, of course there are concerns with handing someone your DNS queries in return for filtering...

Post by austhrow743 » Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 3:59 AM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #46

How is it being monetized? I have become more and more suspicious of “free” privacy services. Unless there is an exchange of money for a service, it is highly likely that eventually the company will either fold, or decide to sell the previously private information.

Post by newman314 » Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 4:40 AM UTC

mdeeks wrote: post #33

plg wrote: post #13

I’ve been using Pi-Hole on my home network and it’s amazing. Routinely 18-20%% of DNS requests are blocked. When my wife goes out onto another network she says she is shocked at how ugly her web browsing becomes (ads on nytimes, huffpo, etc). I highly recommend it. Am using it with cloudfare’s encrypted DNS just as one more middle finger to my ISP.

You might already know this, but in case you don't: they can still see the domain names you visit in plain text because of TLS SNI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication Encrypted SNI is a thing on the horizon that'll let us give the dual middle finger to our ISPs. As far as I know, it is not here now though.