Ad blocking advanced
Advanced guides that delve into tools and methods to block ads not only within your browser but across your entire computer and/or network.
Following up on our Adblocking 101 guide collection, these Adblocking Advanced guides focus on making use of DNS-level blocklists to block ads within your Mac, Windows or Linux machine as well as on a network level through setting up a Pi-hole.
Using DNS-level blocklists works by preventing devices from loading content from domains known to be ad servers - and luckily there are pretty compreensive crowdsourced lists of pesky domains to avoid out there. So when a device tries to load an ad from a server present in one of such lists, the DNS blocklist stops the request, so the ad doesn't load or appear on your device.
This method can be applied directly on desktop devices by configuring custom DNS servers that use blocklists to filter ads. It can similarly be applied to your whole network through setting up a Pi-hole for example. A Pi-hole acts as a dedicated DNS server for your home which means it can intercept DNS requests linked to advertising, tracking, or malware from devices connected to your home network without needing individual configuration.
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