Re:Smart-TV blocklist for Pi-Hole
by jjulius on Saturday March 12, 2022 @08:38PM
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Yes; PiHoles are used for far more than just blocking smart TVs. The difference between browsing the web at my house and browsing away from home is so stark that it's almost not worth browsing most sites if I'm not behind it.
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Re:Smart-TV blocklist for Pi-Hole
by JohnTHaller on Saturday March 12, 2022 @10:32PM
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Curious why you're not using Firefox + uBlock Origin. It does CNAME lookups.
I run a simple VPN at my house alongside pinhole. You can block ads anywhere that way.
Yep, took me about 5 minutes to set up with tailscale https://tailscale.com/kb/1114/pi-hole/ (wireguard)
that is what I am connected to right now. it's amazing how much more lightweight the internet is in general with pi-hole/etc.
I've been strongly considering it precisely because of this, just need to get around to setting it up.
I do the same. The same pi runs a wireguard server.
So true. At about one week per year spent at a relative's home, I start to consider putting a pi-hole there, too.
I did what i think is the logical extreme and put a pihole on my tailscale network and use that as my dns on any device connected to that network so i have it on the go