Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
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#2[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]
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#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...
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#4I 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.
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#5[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...
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#6[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...
Sure, but what's to stop any application from choosing some other DNS to use?
There was a bit of controversy about FireFox doing exactly that. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/08/05/2353249/security-res...
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#7Is 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.
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#8I 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.
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#9[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...
While you're at it, add Blokada to your Android device and it too will eliminate the need for uBlock Origin or Ghostery in Chrome on Android since it's operating outside of the browser's sandbox. Or use Firefox on Android and continue using the ad block plugins it provides. Hopefully Firefox doesn't go away anytime soon...
Re: Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
#10I 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 actually has a positive impact on the Internet speed! Your DNS results are cached locally so the latency is very low, plus blocking ads at the DNS level means you're not even downloading the ad creatives, resulting in a higher speed as well.