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Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

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Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

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post #7

Is it easy to disable adblocking on sites that won't work with adblockers? I like to have the option to disable adblocking in my toolbar. For example, certain bank websites, business websites, etc.

Yes, there are both manual whitelists and blacklists. There are also easily accessible options for disabling the adblocker permanently or temporarily, in the latter case on a timer of your choosing e.g. for 5 minutes.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#12
post #7

Is it easy to disable adblocking on sites that won't work with adblockers? I like to have the option to disable adblocking in my toolbar. For example, certain bank websites, business websites, etc.

Yes, pihole has an easy to use Web interface that allows you to whitelist individual sites. You can also disable adblocking for 5 minutes, or 10 minutes, or until you tell it to start blocking again.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#13
post #7

Is it easy to disable adblocking on sites that won't work with adblockers? I like to have the option to disable adblocking in my toolbar. For example, certain bank websites, business websites, etc.

you can add them to your whitelist. It's available through the web interface.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#14
post #3

[tinfoilhat] Given that Chrome now became Google's weapon against adblocking, how long until it starts refusing to use Pi-hole specifically? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20044430 [/tinfoilhat]

How would a web browser know which DNS it's using? You set your DNS preference to point to the PI-hole and it should behave like any other DNS server. I guess it could attempt to resolve some spam domain like doubleclick.net and if it was incorrect it could complain...

They could force Chrome to use Google's DNS over HTTPS.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#15

[tinfoilhat] Given that Chrome now became Google's weapon against adblocking, how long until it starts refusing to use Pi-hole specifically? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20044430 [/tinfoilhat]

It already does. This is the purpose of putting a DNS-over-HTTPS resolver into the browser, so you can't bypass it with local resolvers.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#17
Pi-hole is my most prized addition to my connected home. It was simple to set up, easy to manage, and easy to access for whitelisting. Now, all of my devices throughout my network benefit from the service, as opposed to relying on locally installed solutions.

If you aren't using it, you should!

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#18
post #4

I keep meaning to set one up one of these days. Does anyone know what effect a Pi-hole has on internet speed? I play a few games where latency is a big deal, and don't really want to artificially throttle my internet.

It shouldn't have any impact on internet speed as it only comes into the picture for DNS requests. It doesn't sit in line with your internet traffic.

It helps a great deal for web browsing. Having a DNS cache on LAN at 1ms reach speeds up browsing noticeably.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#19

With all the fervor around ad-blocking what I fail to see is how do you propose those sites that you visit, read their content to make money ? Are you willing to pay every site you visit or encourage them to put up pay walls ??

you can pretty easily whitelist those sites.

Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

#20

With all the fervor around ad-blocking what I fail to see is how do you propose those sites that you visit, read their content to make money ? Are you willing to pay every site you visit or encourage them to put up pay walls ??

when they will stop abusing ad, delivering malware through unchecked ad (https://www.geoedge.com/meetus_university/65/what-is-malvert...) and respect the "do not track" then I'll rethink about ad blocking.
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