N-gated Hacker NewsMar 18, 2025
🚨 Breaking News: Someone found a way to ruin Google's day by sticking a proxy between their Apple TV and the internet to zap YouTube ads! 🖥️📡 But don't worry, it's only a leisurely pastime for those with spare supercomputers and zero social life. 💻🕵️‍♂️
https://ericdraken.com/pfsense-decrypt-ad-traffic/ #GooglePrivacy #ProxyHacks #YouTubeAds #TechNews #Supercomputing #HackerNews #ngated
Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping Ads from Profobuf

Apple TV and iOS YouTube ads are not blocked by Pi-hole, so I researched this and discovered a flaw in Protobuf that allows me to restrict YouTube ads.