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Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

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Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#31

Can't block Youtube shorts with these DNS adblockers, I know I can use browser extensions on a computer (and I do), but I really want to block shorts on iOS/Android apps. Tried the squid https proxy rabbit hole, but could not get it to work with mobile devices. Any hints?

Just don't go to the shorts section? Or are you talking about the ads in the shorts section?

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#32

My problem with network-level adblockers, also PiHole is that they break a lot of services (yeah it's mostly sloppy or malicious intent from service provider but still). On a browser you can quickly disable uBlock for that site, it is much more tedious for these services - also because it's not even clear that the filtering is causing the problem, also because it maybe someone else on the network experiencing the pro…

I use a quick setting to quickly switch between ad blocking dns and normal dns for bad websites or captive portal.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jpwolfso.privdnsqt/

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#33

My problem with network-level adblockers, also PiHole is that they break a lot of services (yeah it's mostly sloppy or malicious intent from service provider but still). On a browser you can quickly disable uBlock for that site, it is much more tedious for these services - also because it's not even clear that the filtering is causing the problem, also because it maybe someone else on the network experiencing the pro…

I created a bit.ly link that points to http://yourpiholehost/admin/api.php?disable=300&auth=api_key

Bookmark it for myself and other people in the house and then turn it off for five mins whenever there is an issue.

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#34

Can't block Youtube shorts with these DNS adblockers, I know I can use browser extensions on a computer (and I do), but I really want to block shorts on iOS/Android apps. Tried the squid https proxy rabbit hole, but could not get it to work with mobile devices. Any hints?

There are YouTube clones for iOS & Android that have Adblock, Shorts Block & Sponsor Blocks

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#35

My problem with network-level adblockers, also PiHole is that they break a lot of services (yeah it's mostly sloppy or malicious intent from service provider but still). On a browser you can quickly disable uBlock for that site, it is much more tedious for these services - also because it's not even clear that the filtering is causing the problem, also because it maybe someone else on the network experiencing the pro…

I use both Pihole and ublock. While ublock is fine for desktop browser , pihole is useful for mobile devices, as well as blocking access for devices and apps that tend to be chatty with data it sends out. For example - I unfortunately bought a few Eufy security cams long before it was found that Eufy was sending user data out to its AWS instance. It was easy to block that access via AWS in Pihole. Of course, it doesn't always work. I've found some devices absolutely need to call home before they'll function.

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#36

My problem with network-level adblockers, also PiHole is that they break a lot of services (yeah it's mostly sloppy or malicious intent from service provider but still). On a browser you can quickly disable uBlock for that site, it is much more tedious for these services - also because it's not even clear that the filtering is causing the problem, also because it maybe someone else on the network experiencing the pro…

Pi-Hole Remote (iOS app) is your friend

Yep. There are also browser extensions that will allow pausing pihole blocking temporarily.

or simply these URLs:

Disable URL : http:// ip address or hostname>/admin/api.php?disable&auth=[your pihole password]

Enable URL : http:// ip address or hostname>/admin/api.php?enable&auth=[your pihole password]

Disable for [X] Seconds: http:// ip address or hostname>/admin/api.php?disable=[X]&auth=[your pihole password]

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

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> Uses random upstream resolvers from the configuration - increases your privacy through the distribution of your DNS traffic over multiple provider The whole project is really interesting but this line caught my eye. For spreading DNS providers, would randomly routing to different ones be more or less private than rotating providers every X minutes? It feels like so many sites request so many different resources tha…

rethinkdns dev here > For spreading DNS providers, would randomly routing to different ones be more or less private than rotating providers every X minutes. Less private for the simple fact that now you'd have to rely on multiple upstream resolvers to respect your privacy. Stick to one; ideally the one with better privacy guarantees like the Mozilla endpoints to Cloudflare DNS. Or, use anonymizing protocols like Obli…

100% agree. Not sure why you'd randomly play round robin with a bunch of DNS servers. What purpose is this feature even for?

If privacy is what you're intending however, DNS is only one part of that and there are other ways in which things can leak https://www.privacyguides.org/en/advanced/dns-overview/

Generally I just recommend to people to use their internal VPN provider's DNS servers and call it a day, or of course Tor.

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#39

Can't block Youtube shorts with these DNS adblockers, I know I can use browser extensions on a computer (and I do), but I really want to block shorts on iOS/Android apps. Tried the squid https proxy rabbit hole, but could not get it to work with mobile devices. Any hints?

NewPipe for Android has no shorts

Re: Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

#40

Can't block Youtube shorts with these DNS adblockers, I know I can use browser extensions on a computer (and I do), but I really want to block shorts on iOS/Android apps. Tried the squid https proxy rabbit hole, but could not get it to work with mobile devices. Any hints?

Just don't go to the shorts section? Or are you talking about the ads in the shorts section?

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