On: Tool beeps every time data is sent to Google

[z3c0]

Having set up a Pi-Hole recently, I've had a similar realization, but for all of FAANG. I've noticed that the moment phones start getting used on my network, more than half of the requests made end up getting blocked.

[pronlover723 → z3c0]

Any stats by F A A N G? I'm guessing for me given I have a bunch of Apple stuff that one A is getting a lot of pings. The other A very few. I have a kindle but it's not plugged in and I haven't turned it on for months. G, well I use Chrome and many Google apps on iPhone. F, have FB and Messenger apps on iPhone but assume those are mostly isolated.

[yasinaydin → pronlover723]

Not OP, but I've been using NextDNS [1] (a similar pi-hole like setup) on my phone and in its analytics there's a GAFAM Dominance graph.

This graph [2] isn't mine but it looks similar to my results.

[1]: https://nextdns.io [2]: https://twitter.com/NextDNS/status/1159804929680257024

[z3c0 → pronlover723]

Unfortunately, it's not so clear-cut by looking at which domains are getting hits, but it would make a good weekend project. I'd have to map all subsidiaries back to their parents eg YouTube or IG, and then there's the trick of dealing with third-parties, like branch.io, who appears to be very popular.

[perlgeek → pronlover723]

Amazon owns AWS, so lots of services that you don't think of as Amazon related (Netflix, lots of news sites, ...) would trigger this.