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[–] SandySocks@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I haven't seen a seen a single home screen Roku ad since I installed Pi-Hole.

This will be my last Roku, it has become such a horrible ad-ridden experience since I first got it years ago.

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[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

At first, Pi-hole was enough, but some devices had a software update a year or two ago that used Google (if memory serves) DNS as a backup. It was sneaky, but adding a block rule closed that loophole.

Not all devices had that change though. I'm hoping mine is old enough to be ignored for the new video ads.

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[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I imagine they'll eventually work around block rules with DNS over https.

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Then you block that too at the router level (port 853 if my memory is correct)

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[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

DNS over TLS (aka DoT) uses port 853. DNS over HTTPS (aka DoH) uses port 443 so that it looks the same as any other web traffic for privacy reasons.

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Yeah, that’s going to be an issue.

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago*

I’m wondering if they managed to break that, too. I tried forcing my Roku to use my pi-hole by blocking Google DNS (what it seems to be hardcoded with) at my router and the Roku just stops recognizing that it even has an Internet connection.

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[–] v01@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

How can I block their hard coded DNS servers? Is it based on their IP numbers and if so how do we determine what they are?