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to: AHEM A RIVET`S SHOT
from: RICHARD KETTLEWELL
date: 2017-05-29 12:37:00
subject: Re: pi-hole

Ahem A Rivet's Shot  writes:
> Richard Kettlewell  wrote:
>> What it seems to be is an ad blocker that uses a DNS proxy on a
>> Raspberry Pi. Why this would be any better than an ad blocker that
>> runs in your browser isn’t clear.
>
> One place to block adds on everything. I've been using a DNS blacklist
> for the purpose for some time now, this appears to be much the same
> but packaged for easy install.

“Everything that has a distinguishable DNS name” I’d accept, and
centralizing that function is certainly useful; but it doesn’t cover all
adverts.

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