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XO Tech Dorks: Why Do I Need A VPN Other Than Pirating Shit?

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Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
Poasting on xo, assuming you're of interest to the GlowNigge...
translucent deranged state
  12/16/25
So you can funnel all your data to israel
Adventurous incel dilemma
  12/16/25
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very tactful locale gunner
  12/16/25
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outnumbered fuchsia tanning salon
  12/16/25
wait having a VPN = data to israel? or not having a VP...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
Both.
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
Yeah but in one you pay extra
Adventurous incel dilemma
  12/16/25
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aromatic pit
  12/16/25
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Olive arousing pocket flask
  12/16/25
Hiding your ip address from greedy data pigs like doubleclic...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
dont care about datapigs
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
I personally just use my own to connect to my home network f...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
why do u need to connect to your home network? i dont lea...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
As stated in the other thread, I can use my pi hole etc from...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
link to thread on pi hole? this seems intriguing. does i...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-for-dummies/59749 ...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
Ty. What exactly does it do? Does it filter ads from the rou...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
Yes. It literally blocks the requests at the DNS level and r...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
DBG is far too stupid to figure this out
Adventurous incel dilemma
  12/16/25
what do I know. I scored a 168 and went to a TTT.
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
If a device requests content from a blacklisted domain, like...
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
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Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
It requires Linux and a computer that can run 24/7.
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
That's why it's called a pi hole. The intent is to run it on...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
I run it in a Proxmox container, fuck having a dedicated dev...
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
I just have a dedicated device because I have so many of the...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
it's overkill. It consumes no resources on any server: ht...
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
Eh I can show you my stats when I get home. I also do some a...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
If it becomes CPU intensive to resolve DNS queries I assume ...
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
It's also a raspberry pi 3
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
I love using microUSB power connectors in 2025
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
Oh I dont even care anymore. I have at least 20 of each USB ...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
There’s stuff online saying you can run it on windows ...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
ljl, no.
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
Is there any way to do DNS level ad blocking on windows?
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
fyi https://www.andrewdenty.com/blog/2022/03/13/installin...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
It's an IQ test. There are idiots to pay to route their traf...
Stimulating sweet tailpipe
  12/16/25
it is a pretty good IQ test. People who don't use a VPN are ...
Buff House-broken Range
  12/16/25
There are many objective reasons to use one like hiding traf...
Buff House-broken Range
  12/16/25
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Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
I don’t travel so I’m not using untrusted networ...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
no. You say you don't travel, but "traveling" here...
Comical confused locus depressive
  12/16/25
No I never use public WiFi. Who uses public WiFi unless they...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
Posting on gamefaqs even when banned
soggy school cafeteria puppy
  12/16/25
So you can still visit porn sites if you live in a state tha...
rebellious plaza
  12/16/25
motherless works everywhere
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
is using adguard DNS servers safe?
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25
now using them locally. works like a charm. did a test with ...
Cracking mexican elastic band
  12/16/25


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Date: December 16th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514762)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: translucent deranged state

Poasting on xo, assuming you're of interest to the GlowNiggers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514766)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Adventurous incel dilemma

So you can funnel all your data to israel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514768)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: very tactful locale gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514769)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: outnumbered fuchsia tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514788)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

wait

having a VPN = data to israel?

or not having a VPN = data to israel?

my guess is both

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514789)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:05 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

Both.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514797)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Adventurous incel dilemma

Yeah but in one you pay extra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514817)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: aromatic pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514796)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: Olive arousing pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515061)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

Hiding your ip address from greedy data pigs like doubleclick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514770)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

dont care about datapigs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514787)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

I personally just use my own to connect to my home network from outside of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514794)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

why do u need to connect to your home network?

i dont leave the house much anyway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514829)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:17 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

As stated in the other thread, I can use my pi hole etc from hotel rooms, i.e., no ads anywhere and faster browsing in general. Also, I can get around just about all corporate restrictions

Another feature is that I have a network file server running sonarr and radarr-- i just connect my laptop to the TV via hdmi and let it do what it do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514840)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

link to thread on pi hole? this seems intriguing.

does it work on windows?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514869)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-for-dummies/59749

https://www.crosstalksolutions.com/the-worlds-greatest-pi-hole-and-unbound-tutorial-2023/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514896)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

Ty. What exactly does it do? Does it filter ads from the router level?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514999)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:17 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

Yes. It literally blocks the requests at the DNS level and returns a 404 error just for the external content hosted on sites, making the internet "feel" about 25% faster in my experience.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515009)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:18 PM
Author: Adventurous incel dilemma

DBG is far too stupid to figure this out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515013)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:13 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

what do I know. I scored a 168 and went to a TTT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515160)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:18 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

If a device requests content from a blacklisted domain, like any ad server, the pihole LIES and tells the device the server is down. It won't block YouTube ads because those are pulled straight off Google, but it blocks enough other shit that I can immediately tell when I'm not using it. News sites are much easier to read because 80% of the ads aren't there. Having a DNS server can theoretically help you access sites that are under DDOS attacks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515016)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:11 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515152)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

It requires Linux and a computer that can run 24/7.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514899)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:19 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

That's why it's called a pi hole. The intent is to run it on a raspberry pi, which is what I do. I have multiple raspberries pi that run a variety of IoT chinkshit, like cameras and other sensors. Did you ever check out my thread on my home automation system named Angel?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515022)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:21 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

I run it in a Proxmox container, fuck having a dedicated device. Unraid let's me run it in Docker on my NAS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515024)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

I just have a dedicated device because I have so many of them laying around. Seems wasteful not to use.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515027)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:32 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

it's overkill. It consumes no resources on any server:

https://imgur.com/a/bGRk3BQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515041)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

Eh I can show you my stats when I get home. I also do some aggressive blocking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515050)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

If it becomes CPU intensive to resolve DNS queries I assume you're running the Great Wall of China or some shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515058)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:38 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

It's also a raspberry pi 3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515060)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

I love using microUSB power connectors in 2025

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515063)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:40 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

Oh I dont even care anymore. I have at least 20 of each USB cable produced in the past 25 years. I've even nigger-rigged my own connectors using bare wires.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515070)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

There’s stuff online saying you can run it on windows through some development module. Is that safe?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515299)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:59 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

ljl, no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515308)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 8:43 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

Is there any way to do DNS level ad blocking on windows?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515451)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

fyi

https://www.andrewdenty.com/blog/2022/03/13/installing-pi-hole-on-windows-11.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515549)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Stimulating sweet tailpipe

It's an IQ test. There are idiots to pay to route their traffic to Switzerland. Like that helps.

That said, using a VPN like Wireguard to connect to your home network is cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49514807)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:41 PM
Author: Buff House-broken Range

it is a pretty good IQ test. People who don't use a VPN are generally low iq.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515076)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Buff House-broken Range

There are many objective reasons to use one like hiding traffic from your IP, masking your IP from websites, encrypting your traffic. But probably the most important one is enabling secure use of untrusted networks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515084)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 6:46 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515090)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:53 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

I don’t travel so I’m not using untrusted networks ever.

I understand those objective reasons you mention. But is piracy the main benefit associated with those reasons?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515296)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: Comical confused locus depressive

no. You say you don't travel, but "traveling" here means leaving your home. Have you ever used public wifi?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515300)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 8:45 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

No I never use public WiFi. Who uses public WiFi unless they’re sitting in a coffee shop?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515454)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 7:58 PM
Author: soggy school cafeteria puppy

Posting on gamefaqs even when banned



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515307)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: rebellious plaza

So you can still visit porn sites if you live in a state that has ID laws.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515578)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:50 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

motherless works everywhere



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515586)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:55 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

is using adguard DNS servers safe?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515603)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 10:08 PM
Author: Cracking mexican elastic band

now using them locally. works like a charm. did a test with some porn sites. way better. will consider them router-wide

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811055&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752",#49515626)