Recently saw a post regarding pi-hole, and I am considering to try it out. I am wondering if it would fit my usecase, so I want to ask about specifically what it solves.
I heard pi-hole blocks ads at DNS resolution level, so it does not block e.g. youtube ads. For me and my family who mostly watch youtube with handful of blog surfing, what value would it bring? Most blogs do not seem to contain much ads, so I am not sure ad-blocking helps much there.
Given the praise pi-hole is getting, I guess there are more to it than limited blocking of ads. I would love to learn more about this topic, as I am blind on the networking stuff. Thanks in advance!
It’s basicly domain based filtering. So I use mine to also block phishing, crypto mining, malware and anything tracking my web behavior…my parents have theirs setup to also block adult content for the younger siblings…
Tracking your web behavior? That sounds quite interesting, how do you utilize the data?
I can give you an example. Searching through my logs while writing up my first reply to you, I saw these two entries: https://x0.at/nO3I.png
One is for Skype, which I do not use. I don’t even have it installed on my PC, and the other is for QQ, which is a popular Chinese WhatsApp type service from Tencent, the same parent company as TikTok. Not only is it known for being an arm of the CCP, but why are they operating from within my network? No one uses QQ… So it’s ultra suspicious. The contact was blocked, but if I wanted to investigate further, I can–because now I know its there.