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Nun habe ich mich aber an meine #adguard Integration auf #homeassistant erinnert. Damit lässt sich eine Regel definieren, die die Videoserver von Spotify im Heimnetz blockiert. BÄM, Problem gelöst und die Kids können wieder problemlos Musik und Audio-Podcasts hören!

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Brave open sources Cookiecrumbler, an AI-powered tool to automatically detect and block cookie consent banners, currently running on Brave servers, with plans to move it to the browser:
betanews.com/2025/04/27/brave-

Kdenlive 25.04 released with AI-powered background removal plugin, OpenTimelineIO import/export, refactored audio thumbnail system, ability to change the duration of multiple adjacent clips in a single action and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/
(That background removal tool is actually a pretty good use of AI, and it runs locally, so no need to give Kdenlive Internet access.)
(The ability to change duration of multiple clips at once is also pretty useful, I might attempt to update Kdenlive to get that feature, and hope it doesn't break lol.)

Joplin 3.3 released with various accessibility improvements (keyboard navigation, screen reader support, higher contrast UI elements etc.), option to collapse or expand all notebook hierarchies with a single button, run multiple independent instances for better workspace management on desktop, new search dialog for quick linking of notes, Markdown auto-replacement in Rich Text Editor, improved focus handling in modals on mobile, support for attaching audio recordings to notes and enhanced voice typing on Android, redesigned "New Note" menu:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/

AdGuard's CLI adblocker for Linux reached version 1.0, includes app exclusion feature, differential filter updating, interactive setup wizard:
betanews.com/2025/04/29/how-to

OpenBSD 7.7 released with performance boosts, expanded hardware support, support for Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) and enabling PAC on hardware with the new QARMA3 cipher, improved support for running the system in QEMU, kernel improvements etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/

(more FOSS news in comment)

BetaNews · Brave open sources Cookiecrumbler to make cookie consent blocking smarterBrave just made a move that should make privacy enthusiasts pretty happy. The company has officially open sourced Cookiecrumbler, a tool designed to automatically detect and help block those obnoxious cookie consent banners you see across the Web. These pop-ups are not only annoying but, according to research, often track users even when they click reject. Cookiecrumbler aims to stop that nonsense while avoiding the headaches that can come with sloppy blocking rules.
#WeeklyNews#News#FOSS

I was a bit gutted that my blogs were erased when my server died. I have re-written this one about my AGH setup

Perhaps it will help someone install a network wide ad-blocker or help improve their own setup. It isn't perfect but it does the job for me.
What I recall was important from the last time: I do not have or run it on a Raspberry Pi or equivalent. It's an old laptop running PopOS and a virtual machine running Yunohost.

ruaraidh's blog · My AdGuard Home SetupI believe it is imperative that we reduce the impact of Big Tech and its ability to stalk us and shape our opinions, views and relationsh...

SOLUTION: - NixOS with AdGuard DNS

services.dnsmasq.enable = true;
services.dnsmasq.settings = {
no-resolv = true;
bogus-priv = true;
strict-order = true;
server = [“94.140.14.49” “94.140.14.59” ];
add-cpe-id = “My_ID”;
};

You just cannot include the port, or it will not resolve. To be more clear, ping resolved, but my web browser in Flatpak did not. Drop the port and the above works nicely (as I am posted from there now).

#NixOS #Nix #Linux #AdGuard #AdGuardDNS

RE:
https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/a6rafutx0c1w00bo

ぷにすきーLinux Is Best (@Linux)NixOS and AdGuard DNS I am told to use the following in dnsmasq.conf: no-resolv bogus-priv strict-order server=94.140.14.49 server=94.140.14.59 port=My_Port add-cpe-id=My_ID I am just trying to figure out how I would actually get NixOS to do this. Because I am pretty sure editing dnsmasq.conf may not actually work (unless I am wrong?). #NixOS #Nix #Linux #AdGuardDNS

I was talking to my kids last night a bit about why I put #AdGuard on the network. They were complaining about having to go off wifi to watch ads in their games.

Me: But the trackers!
Them: wat

Does anyone have a good video aimed at young people about why you should care about online #privacy?