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Re:I Tried Hiding from Big Tech in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets by brewdad on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:46AM (#20651634)
My understanding is that it accomplishes the same thing but for every device on your network rather than having to manage host files on each device. It also works for those where editing the host file isn't possible.
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Re:I Tried Hiding from Big Tech in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets by Juan_Largearm on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:12AM (#20652237)
It's also good for systems with hard coded domains that ignore hosts files.

Windows will still connect to quite a few even if they are in the hosts file.

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Re:I Tried Hiding from Big Tech in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets by thaumasiotes on Friday August 09, 2019 @05:14AM (#20652580)
A DNS server can't help with that. You'd need a firewall.
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