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Router solutions tend to work only for static/controlled lans. Nearly 100% of my time connected to a network is not under my control (someone else's wifi or tel
by cmroanirgo 7y ago
Router solutions tend to work only for static/controlled lans. Nearly 100% of my time connected to a network is not under my control (someone else's wifi or telco). Another problem with router and other solutions such as pi hole / hosts is that they apply rules in a generic manner without regard to context. eg. On my Mac I use Little Snitch to disallow any comms with apple, except when it's App Store. Appalled at the telemetry that vscode allows, I've gone back to sublime text 2.
On my Android, (sadly without root) I use NetGuard for similar purposes. I blanket disallow google for many apps. I allow carte blanch to my personal servers for apps that I use, but any telemetry of theirs is stonewalled.
In Firefox I use containers to separate FB/Twitter to their own hole, while I blacklist them in uMatrix for every other circumstance.
That said, things like doubleclick and crashlytics are fine to be black listed throughout a network.
My thoughts were more targeted toward a properly sandboxed os that gives users the chance to control on a port/ hostname level what is being connected to.