> For use on a laptop that you take into other networks I VPN to my home (and by extension my Pi-hole server) when on that kind of network. A local ad-blocker

> For use on a laptop that you take into other networks I VPN to my home (and by extension my Pi-hole server) when on that kind of network. A local ad-blocker doesn't prevent MITM or malicious DNS servers. Maza won't help if DHCP is handing out the IP for a server that claims google.com is a CNAME to hereisyourvirus.xyz or if the router is transparently redirecting DNS traffic so you don't even know what DNS server you are hitting. Which means you have to use DoH or DoT as well.