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[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 61 points 2 months ago

nah, lets get them switched away from chromium based spy machines.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Not everyone can. Work machines for instance.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 15 points 2 months ago

Can't install extensions on a work machine but you can add a network wide blocker?

[-] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Possibly, if you work from home

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world?

[-] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though.

Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases.

[-] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Typically yes, assuming that the company VPN sets DNS to a set of company DNS servers. That is how my company’s works and several others I’ve worked for in the past.

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

sadly, agreed. mindshare leads to adoption, tho - so putting Firefox in front of more faces is always a positive. after all, its how google dominates.

[-] shininghero@pawb.social 7 points 2 months ago

Depends on how lax the IT department is when it comes to random executables. I was able to move the firefox installer to the appdata root, and run a non-admin install to my user profile.

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