Published on 2017-03-23
I have been using a hosts file override for years to cut the ads and "crap" out of my internet browsing experience. I recently discovered a better list and have been using it for a few weeks. I'm getting far more "you have an adblocker installed" warnings from websites I frequent, so it's definitely working better.
Now the Senate has passed laws that permit ISPs to sell my data to advertisers and I'm ready to call Game Over [warning: explicit] on my internet access.
I'm looking at purchasing a Samsung Chromebook Plus but with the Chromebook comes the inability to install an encrypting DNS proxy and Google doesn't seem interested in supporting DnsCrypt with their public servers.
What they do provide is DNS over HTTPS which can be somewhat useful if we're running our own DNS servers at home, but by providing an HTTPS endpoint, Chrome and its extensions could bypass local DNS and make HTTPS-based DNS requests on their own in order to avoid being spoofed (or to hide additional DNS requests).
Many things to research here.