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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This Laszlo fellow must be one good looking son of a bitch.

  Why my name is Jackie Daytona, your average American Yankee Doodle dandy. <toothpick>

  Also, hello. 🍆🦇

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This normal human bartender from Tucson, Arizoña appreciates the excellent update!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes they can be used with a PiHole. I don’t use one so I can’t offer much for set up. On the GitHub page each list version has various links depending on the format needed for where it will be used. For example, PiHole is under the Adblock format which works with (Pi-hole, AdGuard, AdGuard Home, eBlocker, uBlock Origin, Brave (only in aggressive mode), AdNauseam, Little Snitch Mini).

  In my research about this stuff I saw many people talking about these lists for their own home DNS set up. Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some choices to help would be to avoid using precise location for weather apps. Course is usually very good unless you’re a weather tracking hobbyist. If you’re not using ad blocking it’s never a bad time to start.

  Ad blocking in browser is good but combined with a DNS service that offers block lists like Hagezi’s options it’s great. These lists can block a lot of tracking and telemetry data and not just the ads themselves. ControlD and NextDNS are two solid options. NextDNS doesn’t offer Hagezi Threat Intelligence Feeds specifically but have their own proprietary version. The company claims it covers much of Hagezi’s lists but I haven’t compared.

  ControlD has a 30 day free trial period with two plans either $20 or $40 per year. The $40 per year option has a future called Redirect. Their description “Spoof various web services, apps and platforms to geo-distributed proxy locations and appear to be in a different country”.

  NextDNS has a free plan that can be used on multiple devices. Paid is $20 per year for unlimited. The catch to the free plan is it’s good for 300,000 queries per month. If you get close they email a warning and if you go over the service will still work as a DNS but without the blocking. It will automatically start again the next cycle.

  Here’s the Hagezi GitHub but other lists are good too like OISD and AdGuard lists.

  https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists

  I use Ultimate but that may be too restricted for some. It will break websites and apps like FaceBook, WhatsApp, Instagram. If you use those a slightly less strict list a better choice. You’ll still get protection but there’s a balance to everyone’s needs so do read up on each list and what makes sense for you.

  All that wrapped in a trusted VPN and you’re doing pretty well. Nothing is perfect and if a government power wants to know where you are this isn’t going to stop them. For me that’s not what this is for. I use this stuff against the ads and tracking crap everywhere. I’m not trying to hide and can’t really offer much regarding that.

  I’m maybe a bit over the top compared to some. If this all sounds crazy a simple ad blocker (AdGuard, uBlock Origin) in browser and course location for weather and anything else location based that makes sense is a solid start. You can always whitelist websites you wish to support via ad revenue if that’s an interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game History Foundation Offers Retro Magazine Subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I applaud the efforts to do this. I’m sure it’s not easy sourcing and shipping the issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game History Foundation Offers Retro Magazine Subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that price per month? No thanks!

  Wish I still had all my Nintendo Power magazines. When I finally stopped subscribing in the mid-90’s I had every one except the first three.

  For those who don’t mind digital versions a certain Archive has the full set.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is one I was looking forward to but won’t buy now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube coughs up $24.5 million to make Trump case go away⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems less about legal costs and more about siding with the head asshole of the US. The legal expert in the article mentions that all three of the recent lawsuits had no legal merit and likely would have gone nowhere.

  My guess is that they’re paying up front now to hopefully get away with something else later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok’s Algorithm to Be Secured by Oracle in Trump-Backed Deal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree and even though users should be concerned I think a large amount of people using that platform already don’t care where their data goes, how it’s used or what harmful algorithms can do to a person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. takes 10% stake in Intel as Trump flexes more power over big business⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A ten percent stake in the company and suddenly those concerning Chinese ties Trump mentioned aren’t a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why It's OK to Block Ads (2015)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Accurate. I was trying to leave room so not to say all of them but I see you left just enough and that works too. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why It's OK to Block Ads (2015)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re unnecessary, distracting, some try to track you and others can have malware. No thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How profound! I would have thought a group of poor people were sure to snag it up.