Comment by atomicfiredoll
17 hours ago
I don't know anything about Adguard, but good on the team for doing the extra digging instead of just going along with the claim. Even better that they're sharing what they've found with everyone else.
17 hours ago
I don't know anything about Adguard, but good on the team for doing the extra digging instead of just going along with the claim. Even better that they're sharing what they've found with everyone else.
Unfortunately they went along with it initially but at least they came to their senses in the end: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/216586
This is why it’s better to use AdGuard only for its DNS blocking capability and not for DNS resolving - use a real resolver like unbound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbound_(DNS_server)
Thanks for the context - it changes the light of the parent article.
Their DNS is great. Removing websites without a good reason would quickly ruin everything for them.
Their pihole alternative is great too. Single go binary. Fantastic software.
Is it open source?
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I'm not well-versed in this: is AdGuard roughly equivalent to Pi-hole?
They do run a public DNS server that is equivalent to a Pihole.
It's worth trying on devices where you can't install ad blocking software, but can change the TCP/IP settings.
Their self-hosted product (AdGuard Home) is. ;)
You can also install AdGuard home as a home-assistant add-on, and then configure your router to hand that IP out as the network DNS server -- so all of your network traffic is ad blocking as soon as it hits your wifi. (like a pihole).
It's pretty slick, highly recommend. (Also super useful to see what devices are reaching out to where and how frequently, custom block lists, custom local DNS entries, etc).
yes, and it will happily run on a reasonable OpenWRT system such as a GL.iNet Flint 2.
How would they compare to NextDNS?
Yes kudo. The pressure could simply be inferred as due to the arrogant trend one can observe, the editing of history.
yes, major respect to adguard.
> doing the extra digging instead of just going along with the claim.
That's the intention of intermediary liability laws - to make meritless censorship be the easy, no-risk way out. To deputize corporations to act as police under a guilty-until-proven-innocent framework.