Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking

From	Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking
Date	2026-05-08 07:56 +0200
Organization	Camembert Normand au Lait Cru
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On 05.05.26 16:14, Andrew Hewitt wrote:
> For some I have now deleted the apps, and use web links from the Home
> Screen for things like Facebook and YouTube, so they get handled by
> uBlock, but still look like an app in the UI.
> 
> Sounds like I'm on the right lines though.

I think you are very much on the right track. If you use these social 
medias through a browser you have full control of what goes on. And 
there are a lot of things going on you really do not want. NoScript will 
tell you.

-- 
"Ave! Morituri te salutant!"

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OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-05 12:39 +0100
  Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-05-05 14:17 +0100
    Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-05 15:14 +0100
      Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-08 07:56 +0200
        Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-08 16:07 +0100
  Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-05-05 18:37 +0100
    Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid (Alan B) - 2026-05-05 20:27 +0000
      Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-06 05:54 +0100
      Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-05-06 11:36 +0000
  Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2026-05-07 22:16 +0100
    Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-07 22:39 +0100
  Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-08 07:48 +0200
    Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-08 16:05 +0100
      Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-08 18:17 +0200
        Re: OT: DNS servers and Ad blocking Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-08 20:43 +0100

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