Re:Steps For Better Online Privacy
by SirYandi on Saturday October 17, 2020 @04:21AM
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> Does the hardware limitations of the pi mess with download or upload speeds at all?
Not at all (at least for me on a 100mbit connection with the Pi 3B+). I've read you could even use a pizero if you don't care about the Web interface being all that snappy.
> Any weird sites that don’t work with it running?
You set your own blocklists so you can choose how permissive you want to be. I have something like 1MM blacklisted URLs and rarely find sites to be completely broken. It's easy to temporarily pause the blocker, or add a single domain to the whitelist.
> How much better is it than something like ublock origin?
uBlock origin has the advantage of hiding content directly from the page, whereas pihole tends to leave a greyed out box where the ad used to be. I tend to use both at the same time anyway.
Not at all (at least for me on a 100mbit connection with the Pi 3B+). I've read you could even use a pizero if you don't care about the Web interface being all that snappy.
> Any weird sites that don’t work with it running?
You set your own blocklists so you can choose how permissive you want to be. I have something like 1MM blacklisted URLs and rarely find sites to be completely broken. It's easy to temporarily pause the blocker, or add a single domain to the whitelist.
> How much better is it than something like ublock origin?
uBlock origin has the advantage of hiding content directly from the page, whereas pihole tends to leave a greyed out box where the ad used to be. I tend to use both at the same time anyway.