I was just looking around on different websites for what happened to programs like PeerBlock

Seems like they’re not really too helpful to protect yourself against snitches. But they are helpful for blocking the IP-ranges of advertising companies…

    • Mr. WorldWideOPEnglish
      0•5 days ago

      I don’t have the ability to run a PiHole of my own. But I have adguard installed on my PC with its DNS protection set to put my DNS requests through Next DNS and I have my DNS settings changed to put traffic through NextDNS on all of my shit

        • Mr. WorldWideOPEnglish
          0•4 days ago
          1. I don’t know how to set one up
          2. I already have NextDNS and I can make that work everywhere I go.
          3. Having AdGuard for windows on both of my laptops and my 3 desktops and my server and my windows tablet already serves the purpose of Pihole plus a few extra things to block the bullshit in windows that PiHole can’t do as effectively
          4. Updating a Pihole periodically involves buying and configuring a whole new piece of hardware, updating to a new version of AdGuard involves running the installer and sometimes restoring from a settings file or two.

          Why two laptops and a windows tablet? One is a beefy gaming laptop, the other is a mediocre laptop that I sometimes take to wifi hotspots. The windows tablet is a different form factor, I don’t really use it much anymore

          Two desktops? One for gaming and my daily driver, the other for work.

          I’m not telling you what I do for a living.

      • plz1English
        12•3 months ago

        Seconded on NextDNS. It’s like $20/year for the “pro” version (no monthly limits) and I honestly cannot recall the last time I saw an ad on any device I control. The sole exception is my Apple TV, where one of the apps I use has ads injected into the video, so, no way to block those.

        If advertisers truly cared about serving the customers they claim to care so much about, the ad networks would have better standards and more safeguards to prevent malware. I’d still block them, I just wouldn’t feel the same level of pride in blocking them for both annoyance and safety factors.

        • @Nicro@discuss.tchncs.de
          5•3 months ago

          I’d be a good start, if content platforms had to apply the same guidelines to ads, as they do to content. It’s kinda telling that people on the platform need to not swear, while the ad below goes “You can’t last 5 seconds in this NFT gambling waifu gatcha collector aimed at teens.” or just offer money freud scams directly.

        • OrbituaryEnglish
          3•3 months ago

          Yeah. No ads on my regular stuff. My PS4, which I stream with, still gets ads.

    • Mr. WorldWideOPEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      Things like PiHole, nextDNS and the desktop versions of adguard only block HTTP, FTP and POP and SMTP connections. It doesn’t block connections to advertising companies through other protocols.

        • Mr. WorldWideOPEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          good point. but there’s still malware C&C servers that can only be blocked by blocking the IP range