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EBAF – eBPF Based Ad Firewall


You wouldnt Download an Ad. But you would block one. - Kazedaa/eBAF

Spotify has built an empire on a simple formula: monetize your attention, underpay the artists, and sell you back your own time as a premium feature. Inspects incoming network packets and blocks those matching a blacklist of IP addresses using XDP (eXpress Data Path). Resolves domain names into IP addresses and updates the blacklist dynamically to stay effective against changing ad servers.

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