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gadget42:
Cory Doctorow on ad blocking via adafruit ESPhole or raspberry pi pihole pi-hole

didn't want to start a new thread and this one seemed ok to bump anyways:

Cory Doctorow is always awesome!

https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/28/shut-yer-pi-hole/#largest-boycott-in-world-history

fyi: please note that while Cory's commentaries are also available on bait-in-but-then-paywalled websites(like "medium") they are almost always freely viewable at his other websites!

Cory Doctorow's websites:
https://craphound.com/
https://pluralistic.net/

and if you do such things:
https://twitter.com/doctorow

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gadget42:
interesting commentary on ip blocking:

https://blog.cloudflare.com/consequences-of-ip-blocking/

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gadget42:

--- Quote ---One of the FBI's recommendations for consumers is to install an ad blocker
--- End quote ---

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/12/22/2214206/even-the-fbi-says-you-should-use-an-ad-blocker

gadget42:
a forum search for "dns hijacking" returned no results

found these commentaries informative:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/hacker-group-incorporates-dns-hijacking-into-its-malicious-website-campaign/
https://securelist.com/roaming-mantis-dns-changer-in-malicious-mobile-app/108464/

gadget42:
Hugo Landau - Total Advertising Denial
(from 2019 but still thought-provoking, enjoy!)
https://www.devever.net/~hl/total-advertising-denial

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