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Grzegorz Cichocki<p>I made my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdGuardHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdGuardHome</span></a> configuration public. </p><p>This is my solution to both store <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adguard</span></a> conf in code and continuously deploy it on many nodes. I also proposed some solutions to easily gather metrics and switch off/on ad protection. Everything is written in README.</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/cichy1173/adguard-home-cm-repository" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/cichy1173/adguard</span><span class="invisible">-home-cm-repository</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opentofu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opentofu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terraform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terraform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iaac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iaac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adprotection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItIsAlwaysDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItIsAlwaysDNS</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Introducing <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdGuard</span></a> v1.0 for <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>: The protection you trust, now on your command line</p><p><a href="https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-v1-0-for-linux.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-v1</span><span class="invisible">-0-for-linux.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@EveHasWords" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EveHasWords</span></a></span> and that's why I consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> an act of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCare</span></a>...</p>
RavenCode<p>I recently changed to a fritz box router and pinole has decided not to work anymore...</p><p>Anyone got any ideas? I can access the web interface but DND doesn't work from at least some of my devices...</p><p>I'll probs be changing my pis which host all my services to use k3s soon so will probs reinstall OS then, in case that makes any difference.</p><p>The new router did change my gateway btw, I think all the devices use the correct one now though.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/pihole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pihole</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/fritzbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fritzbox</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/rpi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpi</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Rí Rua<p>I was a bit gutted that my blogs were erased when my server died. I have re-written this one about <a href="https://blog.eunach.scot/my-adguard-home-setup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">my AGH setup</a></p><p>Perhaps it will help someone install a network wide ad-blocker or help improve their own setup. It isn't perfect but it does the job for me.<br>What I recall was important from the last time: I do not have or run it on a Raspberry Pi or equivalent. It's an old laptop running PopOS and a virtual machine running Yunohost.</p><p><a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/adguardhome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdGuardHome</span></a> <a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/adguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdGuard</span></a> <a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/pihole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PiHole</span></a> <a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
JiKo<p>In your experience, which of these breaks apps/websites the most? (For example, the app freezes or crashes.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Survey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
Jannis Strecker<p>While participants saw benefits like improved focus and privacy, concerns around missing important information and isolation also emerged. <br>Our findings highlight the need for intuitive <a href="https://hci.social/tags/XR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XR</span></a> ad-blocking controls and we provide guidelines for future content-blocking XR design.</p><p>👉 Read the full paper here: <a href="https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/121943" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.</span><span class="invisible">500.14171/121943</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hci.social/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/AugmentedReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AugmentedReality</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/DiminishedReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiminishedReality</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/AdBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlock</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/ExtendedReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtendedReality</span></a><br>2/2</p>
Hacker News<p>AdNauseam: Clicking ads so you don't have to</p><p><a href="https://adnauseam.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">adnauseam.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdNauseam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdNauseam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineAds</span></a></p>
C++ Wage Slave<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@johnleonard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnleonard</span></a></span> <br>Once again, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>. Avoiding shady Web sites is infosec, too, because these sites struggle to get legitimate companies to advertise with them.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Dragon Hacks: Slay Browser Ads</p><p><a href="https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/dragon-hacks-slay-browser-ads/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firewallsdontstopdragons.com/d</span><span class="invisible">ragon-hacks-slay-browser-ads/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malvertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> begins turning off <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> and other extensions in <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Edge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-begins-turning-off-ublock-origin-and-other-extensions-in-edge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">neowin.net/news/microsoft-begi</span><span class="invisible">ns-turning-off-ublock-origin-and-other-extensions-in-edge/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://yiff.life/@koko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>koko</span></a></span> that's because it never was about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> is a form of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>!</p>
LavX News<p>WebShield: A New Era of Ad-Blocking for Safari Users</p><p>Introducing WebShield, a cutting-edge content blocker designed specifically for Safari, poised to revolutionize the way users experience the web. With a focus on privacy and performance, this open-sou...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/webshield-a-new-era-of-ad-blocking-for-safari-users" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/webshield</span><span class="invisible">-a-new-era-of-ad-blocking-for-safari-users</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/PrivacyFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/WebShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebShield</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> continues <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ManifestV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManifestV2</span></a> support as <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> disables MV2 ad-blockers</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-continues-manifest-v2-support-as-chrome-disables-mv2-ad-blockers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/firefox-continues-manifest-v2-support-as-chrome-disables-mv2-ad-blockers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
d0rk ✅<p>Playing around with an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> </p><p>Asking my bubble here: why do I often see an ad in iOS Safari where I never saw such ads in iOS Firefox or in macOS/Safari.</p><p>-- despite ADB+ for Safari<br>-- despite Blokada (when using mobile data)<br>-- despite oisd blocklist (wifi)</p><p>All other devices, as said macOS/Safari but also Linux/Firefox, Android Firefox, Windows Firefox don't show that under similar conditions. </p><p> btw: F*ck Anti-Democrats</p>
Roy Tanck<p>Upgraded Pi-hole to the new version 6 this morning. Ran into a few issues. I had to reconfigure the upstream DNS servers. Apparently, those settings were lost during the upgrade. Easily done in the web interface.</p><p>Except, it also did not offer to disable lighttpd, so you may need to run 'sudo systemctl stop lighttpd' and/or 'sudo apt remove lighttpd' after the update to get the web interface working again.</p><p><a href="https://pi-hole.net/blog/2025/02/18/introducing-pi-hole-v6/#page-content" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pi-hole.net/blog/2025/02/18/in</span><span class="invisible">troducing-pi-hole-v6/#page-content</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pihole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pihole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a></p>
Rachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️<p>I get the impression that if ad companies thought they could get away with forcing people to watch 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 (2⁶⁴) ads in a single video/movie/episode/song/article, they absolutely would if it meant they can make more money in profits. Capitalism doesn't care how you make more money, just that you do, no matter the cost.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Advertisements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertisements</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ads</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/UseAnAdblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UseAnAdblocker</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Love, safety, and <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdGuard</span></a> deals</p><p><a href="https://adguard.com/en/blog/valentines-day-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adguard.com/en/blog/valentines</span><span class="invisible">-day-2025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a></p>
Peter Brett<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Floppy</span></a></span> I don't block advertisements, but I do use privacy enhancing browser extensions. The fact that these extensions are detected as “ad blockers” is evidence that websites are not selling space on their website, they're selling data about their visitors. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span> Pretty shure advertisers are pissed if Google decides to inflate the playback numbers that way...</p><ul><li>Also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MustDo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MustDo</span></a>"</em> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> allows and benefits from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malvertising</span></a>!</li></ul>