AdBlocking with TomatoUSB Router – Ad free Internet for all your devices

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by Suraj-Sun • 14 years ago

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pygorex• 14 years ago

One feature that I enjoy about AdBlock for Chrome/Firefox is the ability to toggle it on/off with the press of a button. So if site functionality is being broken by the ad block OR if I want to support a site by giving them an ad impression/click-thru I can do that easily.

Since I use the toggle on a daily basis any replacement would need to emulate this feature. My web browser can easily tell which page view spawned which HTTP request. It's hard to see how this would be done at the router level.

That being said this technique would be really useful for filtering out domains serving up malware/phishing/0-day scripts. Connection-level security blocking layered on top of browser-level ad block actually sounds really awesome.

webwanderings2• 14 years ago

Android really needs Adblock. It is madness.

falker• 14 years ago

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway

webwanderings2• 14 years ago

I have a poor man's version of tablet (Lenovo) and I don't have it rooted. You have to imagine that these tablets and smart phones are all over the map and average folks don't go through the hassle of rooting, let alone worry about block Ads. The experience then is really frustrated.

AdBlocking with TomatoUSB Router – Ad free Internet for all your devices

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