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So...we're pretty fecked, aren't we? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Using RethinkDNS for on-device blocking, but also let it make a wireguard tunnel to my house so I can make use of my PiHole at home.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I use a wireguard tunnel and run my system through my dual PiHoles at home... on my iPhone. I don't get tons of ads. But I'm stubborn like that. If they manage to show me ads after all, I'll simply stop using the whatever unless I have no choice. I'm not married to any of this shit and hate ads more than I like apps etc.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've never heard of RethinkDNS before. How does it compare with adguard and nextdns?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I haven't really used adguard or nextdns before so I can't compare apples to apples. I can say that Rethink is a FOSS local-VPN-based adblocker that doesn't need root. I used to use a different VPN based one before that I forgot the name of, but because it was a VPN I couldn't also connect to my home Wireguard VPN at the same time, so I was swapping VPNs all the time. I like it because I can be connected to my home VPN, and then if that connection fails it automatically uses the on-device DNS blocklists, which can be customized which lists to use. It can also set different DNS rules / bypass filtering on a per-app basis instead of being forced to being system wide. It's been useful to allowlist certain domains for specific apps only to let them work.

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