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Re: Block Ads in Apps on Android

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Post by Tsubasachan »

4mitkumar wrote: post #59
cheald wrote: post #46

On Android 9, you can do this even more easily: Settings -> Network & Internet -> Advanced -> Private DNS -> set provider hostname to "dns.adguard.com" Adguard functionally operates similar to a Pihole install - it just maintains a DNS-based blacklist. You give them your DNS queries, of course, but in return you get an almost entirely ad-free experience with just one setting.

I wasted almost an hour trying unsuccessfully to book a cab using Uber yesterday only to realise it was 1.1.1.1 in my Private DNS which was the problem. I had internet access just fine (browsers) but Signal, Google Maps, Uber and Ola just wouldn't work with 1.1.1.1. Haven't gotten around to think about the reason

I use DNS66 and I have to pause it any time I use a app that involves Google.

Re: Block Ads in Apps on Android

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Post by fonosip »

4mitkumar wrote: post #59
cheald wrote: post #46

On Android 9, you can do this even more easily: Settings -> Network & Internet -> Advanced -> Private DNS -> set provider hostname to "dns.adguard.com" Adguard functionally operates similar to a Pihole install - it just maintains a DNS-based blacklist. You give them your DNS queries, of course, but in return you get an almost entirely ad-free experience with just one setting.

I wasted almost an hour trying unsuccessfully to book a cab using Uber yesterday only to realise it was 1.1.1.1 in my Private DNS which was the problem. I had internet access just fine (browsers) but Signal, Google Maps, Uber and Ola just wouldn't work with 1.1.1.1. Haven't gotten around to think about the reason

The feature is not stable yet in this new release. Also some queries leak when your device wakes from sleep. More details here https://ba.net/adblockvpn/dnsovertls

Re: Block Ads in Apps on Android

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Post by Fnoord »

lostlogin wrote: post #67
Fnoord wrote: post #12

I'm using Pi-Hole on an Ubiquiti router together with WireGuard and DNSSEC. My Synology NAS is backup (with regards to the DNS-based Pi-Hole blocking) taking the adblocking load off the router (there's no redundancy for WireGuard endpoint though). I don't (need) to use a RPi anymore. It works extremely well for me, and all my clients also get to connect to Nextcloud running on the Synology. My setup does far more tha…

> My Synology NAS is backup (with regards to the DNS-based Pi-Hole blocking) Could you explain this a little further - is the Pihole also running on the Synology? Or is secondary DNS the Synology?

> Could you explain this a little further - is the Pihole also running on the Synology?

Yes

> Or is secondary DNS the Synology?

To be precise,

In LAN, the Synology NAS is the primary DNS (running PiHole on Docker), and the router the secondary. This is to reduce the load on the router. They're both using Quad9's servers on port 853 and using DNSSEC.

In WAN, which is only possible via WireGuard, the router is also the primary and only DNS. This is because I don't think it makes sense to add redundancy and additional latency here. If I'd need additional redundancy here, I'd also need an additional endpoint.

All outgoing DNS traffic going to port 53 (such as Google's) gets not coming from the Synology NAS gets forwarded to the router. Which is very little in my use case.

Re: Block Ads in Apps on Android

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Post by DFXLuna »

Fnoord wrote: post #12

I'm using Pi-Hole on an Ubiquiti router together with WireGuard and DNSSEC. My Synology NAS is backup (with regards to the DNS-based Pi-Hole blocking) taking the adblocking load off the router (there's no redundancy for WireGuard endpoint though). I don't (need) to use a RPi anymore. It works extremely well for me, and all my clients also get to connect to Nextcloud running on the Synology. My setup does far more tha…

I've been considering setting up pihole on my home server for a while but I've always been worried that it would break a website for a non-technical family member while I wasn't there to fix it. How has your experience with website breakage been?

Also, how has your experience with wire guard been? I've been using my vpn's default client on all my individual devices out of convenience but after looking at the wire guard website I can see the appeal.

Re: Block Ads in Apps on Android

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Post by richdougherty »

For those struggling to keep their VPN app alive on Android Pie, you can disable the "Battery Optimisation" feature on a per-app basis.

The setting lives under Apps & notifications / Special app access / Battery optimisation / / Don't optimise.

I still think this is a battery win because of all the ads I'm not downloading and displaying.

Re: Block Ads in Apps on Android

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Post by Zizizizz »

4mitkumar wrote: post #59
cheald wrote: post #46

On Android 9, you can do this even more easily: Settings -> Network & Internet -> Advanced -> Private DNS -> set provider hostname to "dns.adguard.com" Adguard functionally operates similar to a Pihole install - it just maintains a DNS-based blacklist. You give them your DNS queries, of course, but in return you get an almost entirely ad-free experience with just one setting.

I wasted almost an hour trying unsuccessfully to book a cab using Uber yesterday only to realise it was 1.1.1.1 in my Private DNS which was the problem. I had internet access just fine (browsers) but Signal, Google Maps, Uber and Ola just wouldn't work with 1.1.1.1. Haven't gotten around to think about the reason

instead of 1.1.1.1 use 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com
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