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Block Ads in Apps on Android

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182 points whalabi | 1 comments | 20 Feb 19 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Fnoord ◴[20 Feb 19 15:35 UTC] No.19208623[source]▶
I'm using Pi-Hole on an Ubiquiti router together with WireGuard and DNSSEC. My Synology NAS is backup (with regards to the DNS-based Pi-Hole blocking) taking the adblocking load off the router (there's no redundancy for WireGuard endpoint though). I don't (need) to use a RPi anymore. It works extremely well for me, and all my clients also get to connect to Nextcloud running on the Synology.

My setup does far more than just blocking ads, and works transparent as long as the client is connected through WireGuard (which works seamlessly over LTE and public WiFi).

That being said, I really like how Blokada and DNS66 are available in F-Droid [1] [2], and require minimal technical knowledge to set up. The more [ad blocking], the merrier.

As a backup measure I use Firefox with uBlock. The only machine I don't use uBlock is on Kali because I want to see the website exactly as it is being served.

[1] https://f-droid.org/packages/org.blokada.alarm/

[2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

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nvr219 ◴[21 Feb 19 04:04 UTC] No.19214442[source]▶
Your solution is 100 times too complicated for the people who need the most protection online.
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1. Fnoord ◴[21 Feb 19 09:18 UTC] No.19215613[source]▶
Kinda, yes. It depends. All my partner needs is WireGuard installed and running. She doesn't need anything else installed, nor maintain it, nor even run Android. Either way, my solution isn't meant as the better option; it is meant as an alternative.