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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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