This should get u started: https://community.ui.com/questions/HowTo-Ad-blocking-using-dnsmasq-d-instead-of-etc-hosts/1598a96d-28af-4f3f-ab96-97bccdb897b3
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Hmm - are those ad server addresses listed somewhere on the web? I'd like > to block them at the firewall (OK router now) also. > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 2:18 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser based > > services like nxfilter that work well, and the Brave browser. But I block > > about 30k ad server websites at the firewall. > > > > Now I need a call blocker for the telephone... > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 2:42 PM fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Rick wrote: > > > > > > > > Craig says: > > > > > > > > > > I can select "Temporarily allow all this page." > > > > > > I rarely use that option. I may have to reload the page 5-6 times > > > but I add sites one or two at a time based on domain. Often just > > > the hosting domain and their "cds" (contend delivery system) is > > > enough for the page to work. There are times, though, that it > > > takes a lot more to get basic functionality - like a link that can > > > be clicked. > > > > > > > > Then I have scripts running from 35 - 45 different web sites. > > > > > > > Yup. I wish I had a better understanding of scripts and tracking > > > > cookies and such. > > > > > > I actually have written javascript. And HTML. And CSS. Always > > > in Emacs (plain text editor). I do NOT claim to understand it > > > all, but I guess I mostly understand whats going on. I have also > > > used the extension "Stylish" to alter how a page is shown. The > > > one I'm thinking of right now is Ebay. Without javascript, there > > > is a partly opaque object over the whole page saying "you need > > > javascript". I change the size an position of that overlay so it > > > no longer gets in the way. Basic browsing in ebay works without > > > javascript. > > > > > > I do mutter unkind thinks about the sites and people who wrote > > > them that end up preventing me from reading and using the website > > > as _I_ want to. HTML and CSS alone will do 95% of what javascript > > > is used for. In addition, I have meter internet so I really don't > > > like downloading up to 10 MB of javascript code just to follow links > > > on the page. grrrrrr. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
