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lifeisstillgood on April 26, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tr...

Since by far my browsing is done on an iPhone, any recommendations for dealing with hosts files? I am guessing scriptable solutions like Firefox but t be honest I mentally gave up when I don't have root

dredmorbius on April 26, 2015 | [–]

Not sure about iPhone, but there are AdBlock plugins for Android, and the hosts file itself is accessible if you jailbreak.

Better: install CyanogenMod.

banetadblock on April 26, 2015 | | [–]

http://ba.net/adblock is geared for iPhone iPad

vdm on April 26, 2015 | [–]

VPN + Privoxy.

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