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The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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Here are a few things I do to combat nasty websites: - blacklists entire domains using wildcards (using an "unbound" DNS resolver and forcing all traffic to my DNS resolver, preventing my browser to use DoH -- I can still then use DoH if I want, from unbound) - reject or drop a huge number of known bad actors, regularly updated: they go into gigantic "ip sets" firewall rules - (I came up with this one): use a little…

While these are all good practices, killing DoH conclusively on your home network is more difficult than you've made it seem, as ultimately all you can really do is use domain blacklists at your firewall. It's no longer as straight forward as just control port 53 traffic, not like you can realistically shut down 443... Blocking DoH is largely whack-a-mole and I think is only going to get worse as this and similar tec…

Blocking DoH is largely whack-a-mole

Maybe this is so but I have yet to see it. AFAIK all the DoT/DoH are on known dedicated IP addresses. I know they don't have to be. They could be on generic Akamai/CF/BunnyCDN/etc... end points but I have yet to come across one utilized in the wild. Have you found any? What are their IP addresses? I would like to add them to my DNS timing/monitoring scripts.

I null route about 24 DoT/DoH IP addresses and my one smartphone seemed to figure out automagically that my router was serving up DoT on 853. I can tell if something is bypassing Unbound because there are things I know should not resolve correctly.

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.

Yeah, android trades browser ads for system wide tracking. I’m not really sure that’s a good deal.

GrapheneOS is a great option for those with a Pixel device :)

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.

Do all the people who use computers to browse the internet (the majority of people on the internet) suddenly no longer exist?

I don't have the data to back this up, but I've been operating under the assumption that the majority of people access the internet through their smart phones more than any other devices. Maybe it's my age, but a lot of people I know don't own traditional computers and if they do it's a single laptop they occasionally use for office tasks.

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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It is infuriating that Google seems to be doing nothing about scam ads. For years I have been seeing "Click to install iPhone update!!!" ads on YouTube mobile. Easy to have huge profit margins when your company hires no humans to do things like customer support and ad vetting.

And fraudulent nutritional supplements.

And weird speech-synthesied rousing music: ‘Jim worked for a big electronics manufacturer, and had an idea. s for the people. They they wouldn’t let him make it. They stole his idea and made a bad version. Now Jim is making s himself that are twice as good and only a quarter the cost! Buy one to support Jim and stick it to the big evil corporation!”. How did that get to be a genre?

And “buy my video course to learn how to make thousands of dollars a day!” scams.

I find it frankly astounding how much obviously fraudulent advertising there is. Isn’t it illegal? Is there no authority that police’s it?

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.

AdGuard Pro works pretty well for me on iOS.

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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FBI must have infiltrated ad blocker servers containing malicious url lists. Never using an adblocker again.

Huh, I always get down voted for saying something very similar.

It's a rational assumption and should be taken in to consideration to the extent any particular threat-model should or shouldn't.

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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post #96
post #71

Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.

AdGuard Pro works pretty well for me on iOS.

I'm reasonably happy with AdBlock+

Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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post #71

Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.

1blocker works fine for me.
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