Blocking ALL ads on my network

https://codeheir.com/2022/01/23/blocking-all-ads-on-my-network/

by donlinglok • 3 years ago

2 4 3 years ago

Running Pi-Hole on a shared network with it "forced" (by default) upon all users of that network is really a dick move considering it easily breaks tons of websites that you'll never even realize are breaking for other users on the network as they very often don't realize Pi-Hole is the reason for the site breakage, so they don't even think to ask the network admin to fix it.

Don't get me wrong, I like Pi-Hole and similar solutions, but I'd never auto-opt anyone else's devices on my network into using it for the reason stated above along with the huge invasion of privacy it represents unless you have both logging disabled and IP anonymization activated, but on a small network that is still really no privacy at all.

Just my two cents. Think about it.

theGeatZhopa• 3 years ago

I second this.

The only way to go is to block ads on clients with plugins for browsers. Users are then to show how they can switch off the ad-blocking in case a website is broken by the blocking. Like in my case, a grandpa (not mine) could not use his banking site, because of blocking. So, what would happen if it's the pinhole blocking and the user can not switch off the blocking...

donlinglok• 3 years ago

You two have a point, but for me this can block ads on my phone, so i guess there is pros and cons.

bediger4000• 3 years ago

Bravo! Since advertising works by either lying outright or saying things almost indistinguishable from lies, th deliverers of ads only have a short journey into delivering malware. This is preventative, and many will rue the day they didn't aggressively block advertising.

Blocking ALL ads on my network

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