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echo: rberrypi
to: MAYAYANA@INVALID.NOSPAM
from: KEES NUYT
date: 2020-08-02 15:57:00
subject: Re: Setting up an adblock

On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 09:09:57 -0400, "Mayayana"
 wrote:

> HOSTS is also nice for blocking
> tracking bugs from the likes of Facebook and Googletagmanager.
>
>  Combined with a DNS proxy like Acrylic, or a DNS resolver
>l ike Unbound, you can have a HOSTS file with wildcards.
> Only a few entries will block most everything. But again, I'm
> mostly on Windows and haven't had occasion to do such
> things on Pi/Linux.

Pi-hole made my life a lot easier.
https://pi-hole.net/

And PiVPN with Wireguard, so my mobile devices also get their
DNS from Pi-hole too.
https://www.pivpn.io/

--
Regards,
Kees Nuyt

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