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Re:The Brotherhood of the Ad Blockers by joshschreuder on Thursday May 10, 2018 @09:40PM (#17044400)
Not just that but it also can block all sorts of telemetry for devices on your network beyond PCs.

For example, mine blocks Samsung telemetry from my TV, so I can still use the TV apps without having my info sent to Samsung.

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Re:The Brotherhood of the Ad Blockers by intrasight on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:35AM (#17047572)
Interesting. I assume that it could do generate IoT telemetry blocking. That's reason enough to investigate moving forward. With smart appliances and IoT there is no opportunity to install stuff on the device.

The big hole in this model is for devices that have their own cellular radios.

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