On Mon, 29 May 2017 12:37:38 +0100
Richard Kettlewell  wrote:

> 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

 Wrong everything:) I meant that a DNS blacklist protects everything
on the network PCs, laptops, tablets, phones, TVs, IoT widgets whatever
they all get given the same DNS server by DHCP so they all get the
blacklist applied.

> centralizing that function is certainly useful; but it doesn’t cover all
> adverts.

 I didn't intend to claim that - but it does remove a lot of them.

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