Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#1

Post by laserstrahl » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:16 PM UTC

Hi, Just installed OpenWRT. Which solutions for ad blocking and other trackers would you recommend? Pi-Hole is not a option, since I don't have one laying around.

So anything else I can try which will work out of the box? For links and guides I'd be happy. PS: I got dual antennas what would come into your mind to do with it?

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#2

Post by coffeeri » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:30 PM UTC

I am using NextDNS [0], which also integrates well within Tailscale across all my devices. Or are you looking for a solution that works offline within OpenWRT, without relying on third parties? It appears that there are AdBlock packages available for OpenWRT[1].

[0] https://nextdns.io [1] https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/net/adblock/...

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#3

Post by ttyprintk » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:33 PM UTC

It sounds like a small network with no need to block outbound 53.

Nextdns.io for out-of-the-box if you can’t run pi-hole.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#4

Post by Eumenes » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:40 PM UTC

Pihole with like 2 million blocked domains, no major social media use, wireguard on mobile, Brave browser, don't watch TV

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#5

Post by beardyw » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:56 PM UTC

I just use Brave. It works on my phone.

and Chrome for Google integration.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#6

Post by reify » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 3:42 PM UTC

Either ublock origin with all filter lists checked

Ghostery with ad-blocking, anti-tracking and Never Consent enabled with Fanboy's Annoyance List added to custom filters

Mullvad DNS

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#7

Post by swifthesitation » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 4:42 PM UTC

Brave browser, Mullvad/Proton, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, AdBlock, Cookie Auto Delete

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#8

Post by marssaxman » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 4:54 PM UTC

Firefox + uBlock Origin works well for me! It's all I use.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#9

Post by brudgers » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 7:38 PM UTC

Pi-Hole is not a option, since I don't have one laying around.

Why not buy one?

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

#10

Post by OSI-Auflauf » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

Don't waste your time with dns adblocking.

If you are serious about network side blocking do tls interception (lmao) but that is a lot of maintenance, adds other attack surface and the average openwrt device isn't beefy enough for such things.

Firefox and Ublock Origin against ads.

There is cooler stuff for Openwrt. Mesh nets between friends, to share internal services. Just tinkering with and learning about network stuff. Adding ipv6 to tunnel if isp doesn't support. Having Wifi whose autochannel doesn't suck.

Dual Antennas -> Sword fighting. Only fun with multiple devices and dabbling with mesh mode or throughput maxing. In ax dual channel 40mhz +160mhz bandwidth the throughput is faster than some cables.