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[–] ftbd@feddit.org 42 points 5 days ago (17 children)

FYI for those using DNS-based adblocking: I discovered that my AndroidTV box asks 8.8.8.8 when my local DNS server blocks a request.

[–] addie 13 points 5 days ago

What a shower of twats. Don't block the request in that case, just redirect it to your local server that returns a 1x1 transparent png for all requests.

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