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Re:AdTrap removes ads between your modem and router by mibbitier on Saturday November 10, 2012 @05:21PM (#4767935)
If everyone got one of these, websites would just change a bit of code, and ads would work again. Thankfully, most people find advertising a useful part of their lives - adblock usage is still something like 1% of users.

blocking ads is as ridiculous as trying to block porn.

Ever tried getting past adblock? It's very trivial.

Also I'm not convinced this method of removing ads would work on ads served over https, where they can't inspect the traffic.

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Re:AdTrap removes ads between your modem and router by Karunamon on Saturday November 10, 2012 @06:02PM (#4768060)
>Ever tried getting past adblock? It's very trivial.

Ever tried getting past someone who thinks they can force you to watch ads? Also trivial.

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Re:AdTrap removes ads between your modem and router by kylec on Saturday November 10, 2012 @05:38PM (#4767990)
Presumably they'll keep the devices continually updated to keep up with the changing code of websites. Plus, they don't really have to block everything everywhere - this would still be useful even if it only blocked most or even some ads.

Regarding SSL, they could have the device issue an SSL certificate that you install on your devices and it could intercept that traffic as well.

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Re:AdTrap removes ads between your modem and router by glassx on Saturday November 10, 2012 @06:17PM (#4768108)
> most people find advertising a useful part of their lives

Citation needed. "Most people" might not use AdBlock because they don't know about it or don't know how to install it.

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