Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle
sbulaev
82 points
26 comments
July 19, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
buckhx
Clever hacker needs to look up a Bloom Filter
maratc
is it enough to block all ads on tomshardware?
neuralkoi
This really begs the question as to how much juice you can get from $5 compute. This IS IoT in my opinion, not whatever bloatware comes with your Samsung fridge or wifi-connected faucet.
ianmarcinkowski
I no have a few esp32s sitting around. I no wonder what else I could use these for?