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So...what is the current state of the art for people who want to defend against endless ads, have a minimally invasive install relative to the users' current se
by kjellsbells 2y ago
So...what is the current state of the art for people who want to defend against endless ads, have a minimally invasive install relative to the users' current setup, have to tweak every device in, and not have to do more than say quarterly maintenance?
Every time I visit a non-technical friend's home I am absolutely horrified by what their tech experience has become. Browsing, oh my goodness. What a dumpster fire.
What system can I build for them that I can drop off with say 30 mins or less of setup to get going that isnt going to generate callbacks?
I'm thinking pihole (as DNS, with the user's home router tweaked to point clients there). Maybe running on a pi or a fanless pc. But perhaps there is something else?
Browser extensions are too complicated for very untechnical folks so maybe pass on those, although I am partial to privacybadger, ublock and of course a pw manager.
- thedanbob 2y agoIn my experience, browser extensions are more one-and-done than network-level ad blocking like pi-hole. I can’t think of any time I’ve had to override a UBO rule but many popular pi-hole blocklists have a fair number of false positives.
- RockRobotRock 2y agoIn the context of watching TV?
- kjellsbells 2y agoIdeally the context of common devices across the board, eg tv, phone/tablet, laptop.
- walrus01 2y agojust firefox and ublock origin goes a long way to un-shittifying browsing. ublock origin full automatically update itself and needs essentially no human interaction.
- dmitrygr 2y agoApple gear if you can afford it. Else: some conglomeration of raspberry pi dns server filters, and other miscellanea that a friendly nerd administers for you until he gets tired.