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5+ year development cycle. Impressive! https://pi-hole.net/blog/2023/10/09/pi-hole-v6-beta-testing/ Any details on what HTTPS support provides, other than a TLS connection to the admin dashboard?
I've been using Technitium for a couple years and been pretty happy with it https://technitium.com/dns/
For example the split horizon features to return different responses to DNS queries depending if I'm connected to my Tailscale network or not has been pretty slick.
I documented that process here in case anyone is interested: https://blog.jamesbrooks.net/posts/technitium-dns-server-wit...
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> Is this criticism unfair? Only if you don't trust only Russians and no one else.
I don't trust Iran, North Korea, or China either. It's not hard, I'm an American and it's 2025. These are our adversaries (I didn't choose them) who currently commit cybercrimes against us. Hopefully in 2035 that won't be the case and we can all sing kumbaya.
It sounds like you think that every butcher, barber, dancer, teacher, software dev etc in China is just thinking of how they can hack the US.
Guess what: that's the image propagated by propaganda and very far from the actual truth.
If you don't trust people, study their code and make a formed opinion about it.
I set up pi-hole recently after hearing about it for years. I was kind of surprised at a lack of really basic features (imo): There isn't any kind of "dry run" or "phantom" mode, where requests are not actually blocked, but appear marked in the log UI as "would be blocked". This is super important because I want to see all the things my home network is doing that would be blocked before I actually hit the big red but…
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Is there an equivalent of DDWRT/OpenWRT but for TVs? Most often those are some embedded linux board running some Android fork, shouldn't there be some TV models on the market that are a good hardware/price deal with firmware that can be replaced? Even something that just permanently shows HDMI input with no popup overlays would be good, but AOSP + VLC/Jellyfin would be even nicer.
Isn't a TV that permanently shows HDMI input a big monitor? Weirdly they always seem to be more expensive than a TV though.
I've been using Technitium for a couple years and been pretty happy with it https://technitium.com/dns/
I set up pi-hole recently after hearing about it for years. I was kind of surprised at a lack of really basic features (imo): There isn't any kind of "dry run" or "phantom" mode, where requests are not actually blocked, but appear marked in the log UI as "would be blocked". This is super important because I want to see all the things my home network is doing that would be blocked before I actually hit the big red but…
I think [1] is quite irrelevant to be honest. Blocking DNS isn't a destructive operation. I've been using pi-hole for years and I simply block everything and cherry-pick a few exceptions here and there when something breaks. I only had to really troubleshoot maybe 3-4 times in years, and half of that were related to the fact I worked for companies that had domains blocked.
In my experience Pi hole is a very worthwhile investment. People who used my internet when I had one would remark how much faster it was. Everything in general seems faster, even things that you wouldn't think of. I typically use Brave for browsing which has good ad blocking capabilities, but this adds a whole additional layer. The only reason I don't use one now is that I travel a lot more so it's irrelevant, and I…
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Most non-smart 4K screens are more expensive than 4k-smart tv screens though. Really weird, because there's less stuff in it. I just want a nice 50" 4k screen with hdmi and display ports. I don't use all the other junk anyway, since i watch tv via a computer and sounds goes to a surround set.
Is there an equivalent of DDWRT/OpenWRT but for TVs? Most often those are some embedded linux board running some Android fork, shouldn't there be some TV models on the market that are a good hardware/price deal with firmware that can be replaced? Even something that just permanently shows HDMI input with no popup overlays would be good, but AOSP + VLC/Jellyfin would be even nicer.
Maybe there are smart TVs out there with a SoC that's been reverse engineered enough to do something with. If there is, that should be shouted from the rafters. But I kinda doubt it.
In my experience Pi hole is a very worthwhile investment. People who used my internet when I had one would remark how much faster it was. Everything in general seems faster, even things that you wouldn't think of. I typically use Brave for browsing which has good ad blocking capabilities, but this adds a whole additional layer. The only reason I don't use one now is that I travel a lot more so it's irrelevant, and I…