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People who use Adguard home or pie hole along with a vpn at router level, do you use any firewall apps on your phone aswell?

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This is aimed at iOS users more, but do any of you use any firewall apps like 1 blocker fire wall or adguard dns.

The reason I’m asking is if you have all them things at router level what good does it do on a device level?

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667@lemmy.radio
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I used PiHole for a long time, then graduated to self-hosting a VPN so I could get as-blocking when away from my home network.

Ultimately I ended up using just AdGuard DNS via the DNS profile for iOS, and hard code the DNS into my home routers.

There might be a better setup, but this simple deployment takes care of 98% of ads.

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edric@lemm.ee
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Same, except I use Mullvad’s DoH for my phone and router.

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retrieval4558@mander.xyz
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Not sure if this is really what you’re looking for but I have pihole at home, then tailscale so my phone always gets the benefit.

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Ste41th@lemmy.mlOP
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Ahhh yes tailscale, so it uses a vpn tunnel to route your traffic back home and through your network?

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shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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I use ControlD on my router and mobile devices

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Ste41th@lemmy.mlOP
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If you don’t mind me asking do you use any vpn on your router?

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shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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Not at the moment. No. I used to have one of those Netgate firewalls using pfsense i could do vpn on but i really didnt see the point. By using ControlD as my DNS i block known malware, ads, and trackers for free. Obviously that does not protect from everything, but it goes a long way towards helping.

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Ste41th@lemmy.mlOP
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Very true, I’ve also noted that controlD can actually spoof your ip, so I suppose there is no need for vpn

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