dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy you shouldn't use Brave Browserwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square829fedilinkarrow-up11.82Karrow-down1233cross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtech@kbin.social
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minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd a Pi Hole for good measure.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoA dns blocker cannot do anything more than ublock. It is nice for other apps though.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoA DNS blocker is great for other devices on your network!
minus-squaremesamune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt works very well on browser and outside the browser. So if your software/hardware is phoning home, it will pick it up.
minus-squareToNIX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoOr Adguard Home, that I think is superior than Pi-Hole. It runs as a single instance and you can easily upgrade it from the web UI.
minus-squareFenrisulfir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDon’t forget DoH or DoT if you can
minus-squareKodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI am using NextDNS. Is there any advantage of using Pihole over nextDNS?
minus-square🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNot that I can think of other than having more control (such as adding any Blocklist etc)
And a Pi Hole for good measure.
A dns blocker cannot do anything more than ublock. It is nice for other apps though.
A DNS blocker is great for other devices on your network!
It works very well on browser and outside the browser. So if your software/hardware is phoning home, it will pick it up.
Or Adguard Home, that I think is superior than Pi-Hole. It runs as a single instance and you can easily upgrade it from the web UI.
Don’t forget DoH or DoT if you can
I am using NextDNS. Is there any advantage of using Pihole over nextDNS?
Not that I can think of other than having more control (such as adding any Blocklist etc)