disclaimer, this is a rant
as the title says, my goddamn adblocker on chrome has started to show popups that advertise their vpn. the hell?! if your going to show me ads yourself, why the hell do i need you? im so confused.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
pihole-dot: Native DNS-over-TLS in Pi-hole's FTL (no unbound/stubby sidecar needed)
 | I got tired of running a Pi-hole + unbound sidecar just to get encrypted upstream DNS (DoT), so I forked pi-hole/FTL and added native DNS-over-TLS support directly into the resolver (mbedTLS is already linked in for the web server, so I reused it). The result is pihole-dot a drop-in Pi-hole image with DoT built in. What it is: - Architecture: each upstream server gets a small pool of pipelined TCP+TLS connections (RFC 7766-style multiple queries in flight per connection, demultiplexed by DNS transaction ID), instead of one query at a time per connection. Screenshot from my own router running pihole-dot right now config is a normal, unlocked Pi-hole DNS Settings page Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/ismkdc/pihole-dot Repos: - https://github.com/ismkdc/FTL-DoT - https://github.com/ismkdc/docker-pihole-dot [link] [comments] |
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
If you're running paid acquisition. how confident are you that your tracking data is actually accurate?
Please look more closely at your metrics. With the rise of advanced content blockers, privacy-focused browsers, and network-level tools like Pi-hole, a massive chunk of your target audience isn’t just skipping your ads; they are completely invisible to your pixels
The Blind Spots in Your Analytics
Standard client-side tracking (like the basic Meta Pixel or Google Analytics tag) is increasingly vulnerable. When users deploy strict privacy settings or extension-based blockers:
- Skewed CPA & ROAS: Your dashboard might tell you a campaign is underperforming simply because the conversions from ad-block users aren't registering.
- Data Attribution Gaps: Server-side API tracking (like Conversions API) helps, but it still doesn't completely solve the data loss from first-touch attribution.
- Wasted Budget: You might be over-optimizing for a specific demographic just because they happen to use less restrictive browser extensions.
Let’s Discuss: How Are You Solving This?
For those managing serious ad spend, how are you bypassing these tracking blind spots while respecting user digital privacy and digital security?
- Are you relying entirely on server-side tracking?
- Have you shifted your KPIs toward blended ROAS and MER (Marketing Efficiency Ratio)?
- Or are you accepting a 15–20% "data tax" as the cost of doing business?
Drop your strategies or your horror stories below. Let’s figure out how much data we're actually losing.
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Monday, June 29, 2026
Why is the LinkedIn login page using 400k trackers and 25% of my CPU in 30 seconds ?
 | Keep in mind I have a Ryzen 7 7800X3D for my CPU, so 27% for a single brave tab is outrageous!!! it should only be at ≈ 2% that's like x13 [link] [comments] |
Sunday, June 28, 2026
What am I missing
Hi. I’m using Technitium blocking:
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/pro.txt
https://phishing.army/download/phishing_army_blocklist.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/downloads/hostfile/
On my raspberry pi. I use tailscale to use technitium as DNS Server for all my devices
On pc I use ublock Origin. On mobile I use YouTube++ and Spotify++ via SideStore.
I pretty much don’t see ads anywhere, but I’m wondering what am I missing? I want to know the most creative ideas to block ads everywhere. Tv, irl, elsewhere? Any out of the box ideas?
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Adblock Customer Service (just threw up in the back of my throat)
 | Took FOREVER to cancel account. Adblock fought every step of the way. [link] [comments] |
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