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Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently

From Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
Date 2019-01-27 00:06 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Kees Nuyt wrote:
> On 26 Jan 2019 18:54:15 -0400, Mike Spencer
><mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
>>
>>Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On 2019-01-26, !!Credit <payroll@qi3.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How many ad blocks could an ad slinger block if an ad slinger could
>>>> block blocks?
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/22/google_chrome_browser_ad_content_block_change/>
>>>>
>>>> Google engineers have proposed changes to the open-source Chromium
>>>> browser that will break content-blocking extensions, including ad
>>>> blockers.
>>> 
>>> Get a PiHole.
>>> 
>>> https://pi-hole.net/
>>
>> Um, on quick scrut, looks like "Grab our package, auto-install it as a
>> great bolus of proprietary code and all will be well."  No detailed
>> explanation of how it works, no FAQ, no source code. Let pi-hole do
>> your DNS?  How does that work?  How does any of it work?
>>
>> Not that I use or am likely ever to use Chrome, but I *am* keen on
>> eliding crap, bloat & ads from web pages.  Doing pretty well with
>> Linux and  local hacks but it's tedious and error-prone so the digital
>> Philosophic Mercury would be nice.  Not so much if it's a Black Box from
>> the Cloud with a pseudopod inserted into my system.
>>
>>[groups narrowed  to comp.misc]
>
> Documentation:
> https://docs.pi-hole.net/
> Use the hamburger menu top left to access different chapters.
>
> Open sourse:
> https://github.com/pi-hole
>
> I run it on a Raspberry Pi 3B, never a problem.
> You have to be able to instruct your router to tell DHCP clients
> to use that Pi as the DNS they should use, or set up DHCP in
> Pi-hole.
>
Nice, kinda looks like the python one(s) that update bind9 (or maybe
they borrowed from pihole).


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Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently "!!Credit" <payroll@qi3.com> - 2019-01-26 04:56 +0000
  Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-26 10:54 +0000
    Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently outlook shitemail <microsuck@msn.com> - 2019-01-26 13:14 +0000
    Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in  Chrome. For safety, apparently Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-01-26 18:54 -0400
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in  Chrome. For safety, apparently Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2019-01-27 00:50 +0100
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in  Chrome. For safety, apparently Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-27 00:06 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in  Chrome. For safety, apparently Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-01-27 19:30 -0400
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in  Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-27 11:11 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in   Chrome. For safety, apparently Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-01-27 19:25 -0400
          Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in   Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-28 09:25 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2019-01-28 23:46 +0000
    Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2019-02-01 00:25 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-02-01 00:37 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-02-01 00:58 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2019-02-01 11:48 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-02-01 14:10 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-02-01 00:54 +0000
        Pi-hole (Was: Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently) snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2019-02-01 11:48 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 07:59 +0100
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2019-02-01 11:48 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Doug McIntyre <merlyn@dork.geeks.org> - 2019-02-01 09:00 -0600
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-02-02 02:05 +0000
    Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently tom <tom@0.0.0.0> - 2019-02-17 11:42 -0800
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-02-17 20:24 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Pabst Blue Ribbon <pabst@blue.ribbon> - 2019-02-18 11:27 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-02-18 11:35 +0000
          Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-02-18 21:57 +0000
            Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-02-18 22:33 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-02-18 21:46 +0000
  Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 17:58 +0100
    Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-26 23:15 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-26 23:22 +0000
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-27 11:09 +0000
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> - 2019-01-28 08:01 +0100
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> - 2019-01-28 07:56 +0100
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-28 11:26 +0000
          Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> - 2019-01-28 15:11 +0100
    Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2019-01-27 19:58 +0100
      Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> - 2019-01-28 08:03 +0100
        Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-30 22:01 +0000
          Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 15:34 -0800
            Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-30 23:54 +0000
              Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 20:33 -0800
                Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2019-02-20 03:31 +0000

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