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Mo :ferris: :tux: | 11 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +3 
 🔪 Killing in the name of Privacy

https://mo8it.com/blog/privacy

How an AD blocker killed my work of months and how is this related to telemetry in #FOSS

#OxiTraffic #Linux #IndieWeb #Privacy #AdBlock #AdBlocker #uBlockOrigin #Blog #Telemetry #Analytics #OpenSource #Selfhosting #Selfhosted

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Duvel | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I wonder if instead of using an adblocker, blocking dns servers would be more flexible?
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xfire | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 you mean using a DNS server that does not resolve known as+domains like pihole?
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Duvel | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes., which would be more effective and flexible?
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xfire | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 how can one make a request without sending the clients IP? that's basically impossible... and I it's at least difficult to not send the full referrer and user agent.