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

From Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
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 19:30 -0400
Organization Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop
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Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> writes:

> On 26 Jan 2019 18:54:15 -0400, Mike Spencer
> <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> 
>>> 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?
>>
> 
> Documentation:
> https://docs.pi-hole.net/
> Use the hamburger menu top left to access different chapters.
> 
> Open sourse:
> https://github.com/pi-hole

TYVM.  Couldn't see that on the home page, perhaps because I have js
turned off?  Dunno.  I'll have a look.


> 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.

I have my several boxen set up with fixed addresses on the home router
and there's the question of how it works when my laptop goes away from
home.  Reading to do.

Tnx,
-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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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
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      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
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    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
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