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.
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Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web
#192Or, 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.
I develop a popular iOS and macOS ad blocker that block almost all ads[1] including all YouTube ads. Will be interested to hear if you've tried it out and what may have been missing? The only things we don't block at the moment is some non-English content and Adult sites. With a small team these haven't been the primary focus for the time being. Other than those though we should stop pretty much everything else. [1]…
Does it block Twitter ads?
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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…
This is exactly why DoH is a trojan horse. You can't control it as a network administrator, all it takes is a piece of software to simply remove the controls for users to configure their own DoH and bam, end user has little to no control over how their applications perform name resolution. Little pro-tip for anyone who tries to run their own private DoH infrastructure too, Firefox doesn't like RFC1918 addresses for t…
> You can't control it as a network administrator
You can't control it as a malicious censor who's trying to control what Web sites other people's computers can access just because they're on your Wi-Fi. You can absolutely control it on computers that are actually yours.
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> You can't control it as a network administrator That’s the design intent. Because not all network administration is benign. DoH is a tool like any other. Good or bad entirely on why and how it’s used. And your own perspective on that use case.
But when the network is mine, and I'm the administrator, anything that prevents me from seeing what's happening is a Bad Thing. DoH opens me up to security problems that I wouldn't otherwise have, and the extent I have to go to in order to stop it is crazy. > DoH is a tool like any other. Good or bad entirely on why and how it’s used. Except that it's a tool I have little control over, and no control over how and why…
> But when the network is mine, and I'm the administrator, anything that prevents me from seeing what's happening is a Bad Thing.
That's not true when the just the network itself is yours. It's only true when all of the computers on it are too.
> DoH opens me up to security problems that I wouldn't otherwise have, and the extent I have to go to in order to stop it is crazy.
What? No it doesn't.
> Except that it's a tool I have little control over, and no control over how and why it's used. That's the problem.
You're not supposed to be able to have control over what tools other people use on their own computers.
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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…
DoH uses UDP, not TCP. Unless you're using HTTP3/QUIC, you can block port 443/UDP. And hey, maybe one day advertisements will be served directly via IP addresses, not domains:)
> DoH uses UDP, not TCP.
It uses TCP.
Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web
#197Is it time for an open source adblocker that only blocks bad actors? I am perfectly fine with ads, I've previously run sites where it was a small source of income myself. I know it would be in a cat and mouse game with the bad guys but if it blocked most of them it would certainly help a lot of people.
It is already a cat and mouse game, adding another handicap for the good guys seems like too much. Plus, perverse incentives might creep in on the “bad actor” definition.
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I develop a popular iOS and macOS ad blocker that block almost all ads[1] including all YouTube ads. Will be interested to hear if you've tried it out and what may have been missing? The only things we don't block at the moment is some non-English content and Adult sites. With a small team these haven't been the primary focus for the time being. Other than those though we should stop pretty much everything else. [1]…
Lol - I installed and paid... And then realized I havent opened safari since I got the phone. I assume it only works in safari and not chrome? I clearly need more sleep...
It might work for chrome since safari is actually the only browser on iOS.
Chrome iOS app is just a skin over safari with some of the history/bookmark/etc syncing.
Re: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web
#199Those who are a bit tech minded – consider adding DNS filtering on your home network (using pi-hole or something else). It has drastically changed my web experience for the better, including across iPhone apps, smart TVs and other surfaces where ad blockers can't help.
If you're a bit more tech minded, go with a full MITM proxy.
Also known as a transparent proxy, inline proxy, intercepting proxy and forced proxy.
https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/how-to-block-websi...
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The app works well enough but I deleted it. After setting it all up there’s no mention that it will work without the subscription. There’s no mode to say “continue without the subscription using the free services” just a very large button and a description of the price to subscribe. That’s hella sus. Also the very first screen doesn’t let you opt out of notifications or skip it with “setup later” etc etc — these cust…
Appreciate the feedback. We'll take it on board for improvements in the future. We recently moved to a paid app model with a 30-day free trial available (from a freemium app model). Understand that this is not as appealing as a free-forever product. We found that we had hundreds of thousands of free users and not enough paid users. After developing the app for many years under this model, we had to make some changes…
> We found that we had hundreds of thousands of free users and not enough paid users.
Have you tried advertising? :)