Protect Your Network and Taking Back Your Privacy using Pi-Hole!

Ads are out of control! Thankfully, there are things you can do to block all of the annoying ads and also stop corporations from secretly siphoning off data about your habits and usage pretty quickly and easily. In this video, I take you on a recent journey I had through protecting my parent's home network, blocking ads, and discovering just how much information was leaking out of their home network. **GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!** Get help with your Homelab, ask questions, and chat with us! 🎮 https://discord.gg/5TcfBWBB7S **Check out HomeLab Gear for all your homelab needs!** 💿 https://homelabgear.shop/ Subscribe and follow us on all the socials, would ya? 📸 https://instagram.com/2guystek 💻 https://facebook.com/2guystek Find all things 2GT on our website! 🌍 https://2guystek.tv/ More of a podcast kinda person? Check out our Podcast here: 🎙️ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852562 Consider supporting us through the YouTube Membership program! Becoming a member gets you priority comments and special emojis and helps us make videos! 😁 https://www.youtube.com/@2GuysTek/membership **TIMESTAMPS** 0:00 The experience that re-opened my eyes to the ad problem. 0:56 How Much Money Does the Internet Ad Industry Make? 1:30 The Impact of Advertisements on Our Internet Browsing and Privacy. 1:56 Device-level blocking for Ads. 2:44 Google Chrome is Changing How Ad Blocking in the Browser Works. 3:16 Network-level blocking for Ads. 4:11 How to Protect Your Parents from Ads Using Pi-Hole 4:29 What is PiHole? 4:57 Network Diagram of Implementing Pi-Hole. 6:18 A Look at the Pi-Hole Dashboard. 8:46 Why You Should be Using an Ad Blocker. 9:40 Closing! Thanks for watching!