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Pi-Hole vs AdGuard vs NextDNS (monero.town)

submitted 1 year ago by chevy9294@monero.town to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I use Pi-Hole and works great. I've heard about AdGuard and seems the same thing as PiHole, but you have to install an app/extension. Everyone in this community recommend NextDNS. Whats the difference between them?

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[–] tuhriel@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can't bypass my network DNS if only my DNS server is allowed to send out via port 53.

It's really fun to see how some devices are completely panicking. (I only have some chromecast music devices which do not need any internet) Anyway, I do hate that there are manufacturers who hardcode a dns into MY devices.

For the time I'm outside my network I do have a VPN which allows me to acces my pi-hole from outside (I never felt that the speed or latency is especially low)

There are even routers which allow you to re-route specific ports to specific devices. So, even if the device wants 8.8.8.8 the firewall would reroute it to my dns server

If you want a privacy friendly option that works from in/and outside your network without all the hassle above I can also recommend proton VPN which also procides tracker and ad blocking.

[–] blkpws@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I already have ProtonVPN subscription that I don't really use... my smartphone OS already have built-in filter... And I can enable Tor network to all my phone connections which is safer from a plain VPN (but more problematic as many webs blocks you, that's when I can use ProtonVPN with Secure Core which is super cool yeah! :D).

But I don't like the idea of having a VPN that allows a device from outside my LAN access in. I would feel super paranoid and unsafe, knowing there is a way to get in.

And... my Smart TV is mainly used by my mom... still no ads but just saying... if I have a good PC... with many screens... why would I want a TV, I'm too addicted to PC. xD I can even access to the TV tuner with my PC with a HDHomeRun, and I just do mpv http://ip_of_hdhomerun/channel for example.