this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
546 points (95.8% liked)

Memes

44124 readers
1676 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
546
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In the end you need a DNS that blocks all tracking...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Only gets the job done when you are at home or have a constant VPN to your home.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

AdGuard or NextDNS ftw!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you're tech savvy enough to set up PiHole you can also set up a Wireguard VPN.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes i know but just using NextDNS is way more convenient and less expensive (especially when a raspberry pi computers are 100€ and above in your area...)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just use a DigitalOcean VPS. $6+tax a month, plus some other self-hosted services. Don't have to worry about being connected to home or buying a Pi. Still may be more expensive, but not by much (only $4-$6 more expensive depending on how much you use the internet), but this also allows you to setup your own DNS if you want as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

NextDNS is free for the most part.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I know. That's the upper limit. If you use too many queries, it's $2 a month. Hence $4-$6 dollars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Price is not really a factor, as you already have a machine running PiHole. Never tried NextDNS, but I can't imagine it being easier than Wireguard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Does something like Wireguard increase traffic? I'm thinking if it'd make problems for when you have low connectivity and bandwidth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You can set the DNS for your device as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Web DRM could in theory ban this

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And every government in the world that isn't insane would in theory ban web drm

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I don't doubt that at least the EU certainly would, but will they be fast enough to prevent irreversible damage?