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> ... do not have an option to redirect to anything other than the void.

Pi-hole uses dnsmasq [0], a caching DNS resolver (among other things), and includes its own customized configuration files for it.

With that level of control, Pi-hole has the ability to redirect you anywhere on the Internet that they want.

We all hope that the folks behind Pi-hole would never do such a thing -- but they do have the "option".

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[0]: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html



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