Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers

Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by ryandrake on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:21AM (#32639351)

And, Pi-hole is basically just dnsmasq, so you don't actually need a Raspberry Pi and the official Pi-hole software if you already have a Linux box on your home network doing other things. Just configure dnsmasq and you've got Pi-hole's functionality. With custom firmware, your Internet router can host dnsmasq, so you don't even need a separate box (this is what I use).

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by hedora on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:42AM (#32639574)

I run pi hole in an x86 docker container on my NAS. No raspberry pi required, despite the name.

The reports an dynamic modifications to rule sets are a big advantage of pi hole. Sure, you can do it with dnsmasq conf files and logs, but the web UI has a lot of niceties.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by pwpw on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:57AM (#32650489)

Mind providing more info on how you set that up?

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by hedora on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:43PM (#32684837)

I think it was just this image:

https://hub.docker.com/r/pihole/pihole/

I used synology's docker app. I had to enter the port numbers into their web GUI manually.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by pwpw on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:51AM (#32692233)

Thanks! I have Synology as well, so that's perfect.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by Sohcahtoa82 on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:39AM (#32639548)

Yup.

I run a PiHole in the cloud so I can PiHole my phone without exposing my home network at all.

EDIT: On my phone, I do use Firefox with uBlock Origin, but the PiHole blocks ads that aren't in the browser, or use an app's browser view.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by scubadude on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:07PM (#32645142)

Trustworthy DNS seems so critical to security, I erred on the side of PiHole on a pi at home, self cloud hosting my DNS scarred me a bit.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:42AM (#32692100)

My PiHole in AWS requires me to VPN into it, so DNS requests are protected by the VPN. Neither AWS or anybody in the middle can interfere with it.

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