PI-hole PrIvacy:

TamperIng Is a Good ThIng




JunIor TIdal
CIty UnIversIty of New York
Bryan NeIl Jones
NashvIlle PublIc LIbrary

PrIvacy

What are our hopes?

What are our challenges?

malware / phishing / doxing

dark patterns

future vIsIons / escape routes

FacIal recognItIon bans

User space FLOSS

Non-commercIal decentralIzed Internet

What Is PI-hole?

PI-hole Is a DNS sInkhole that
swallows unwanted content.

It Is free and open source.

What does PI-hole do?

PI-hole blocks ad querIes.

PI-hole Is a DNS server.

How does It work?

How does It work?

How does It work?

How does It work?

Hands-on actIvIty:

Raspberry PI Zero W connected to the Internet

RaspbIan Buster LIte Installed on mIcroSD card

USB power supply

Smart router

Laptop to Interface with RPI-Zero

InstallIng PI-hole

1) Boot up Raspberry PI

2) SSH Into Raspberry PI
(user: pi | password: raspberry)

3) Type: curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

ConfIgure

Select DNS upstream

Select IPv4 or IPv6

ConfIgure IP address
(self-assIgned--thIs works most of the tIme)

Install web Interface

Keep admIn password

Test PI-hole

Go to:
http://[your raspberry pI's IP]/admin

UsIng PI-hole

Change the DNS server on your devIce
to the IP address of PI-hole

OR
Update the DNS server on your router
to the IP address of the PI-hole

THEN
VIsIt a websIte

WrappIng Up

LIbrarIes can use PI-hole to protect patron prIvacy by blocking Internet ads, trackIng, and mal-ware.

It can reduce bandwIdth because
It Is not loadIng ads.

It can block ads on many devIces at once
IncludIng phones and TVs.

Q & A

Resources

ACLU (2019, Jun. 3) Coalition letter calling for a federal moratorium on face recognition. ACLU. Retrieved from https://www.aclu.org/letter/coalition-letter-calling-federal-moratorium-face-recognition

Beadon, L. (Producer). (2019, Dec. 3). Techdirt podcast episode 233: Your secret consumer score [Audio podcast]. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191203/12402743497/techdirt-podcast-episode-233-your-secret-consumer-score.shtml.

Cox, J. and Koebler, J. (2019, Dec. 19).Inside the podcast that hacks Ring camera owners live on air. Vice, Retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bbq4/podcast-livestreams-hacked-ring-cameras-nulledcast.

Glass, E.R. (2019, Nov. 1). Open access in an age of surveillance technology. [Blog post]. Retrived from https://www.erinroseglass.com/open-access-in-an-age-of-surveillance-technology/.

Hardesty, L. (2018, Feb. 11). Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems. MIT News, Retrieved from https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-finds-gender-skin-type-bias-artificial-intelligence-systems-0212.

Resources ContInued

Hill, K. (2020, Jan. 18). The secretive company that might end privacy as we know it. New York Times, Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html.

Hill, K. (2019, Nov. 4). I got access to my secret consumer score. now you can get yours, too. New York Times, Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/business/secret-consumer-score-access.html

King, E. (2019, Dec. 4). Chicago cops use social media to track grieving families of gunshot victims. Medium. Retrieved from https://onezero.medium.com/chicago-cops-use-social-media-to-track-grieving-families-of-gunshot-victims-e68e5a6dc40c

lady ada (2017, Aug. 15). Install Pi Hole. Adafruit. Retrieved from https://learn.adafruit.com/pi-hole-ad-blocker-with-pi-zero-w/install-pi-hole

Mac, R., Haskins C., and McDonald, L. (2020, Feb. 27). Clearview’s facial recognition app has been used by the Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, and the NBA. Buzzfeed. Retrieved from https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ryanmac/clearview-ai-fbi-ice-global-law-enforcement

Resources ContInued

Simonite, and T. Barber, G. (2019, Oct. 17). The delicate ethics of using facial recognition in schools. Wired, Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/story/delicate-ethics-facial-recognition-schools/.

Zuboff, S. (2019). The age of surveillance capitalism. PublicAffairs.

Resources ContInued

Simonite, and T. Barber, G. (2019, Oct. 17). The delicate ethics of using facial recognition in schools. Wired, Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/story/delicate-ethics-facial-recognition-schools/.

Zuboff, S. (2019). The age of surveillance capitalism. PublicAffairs.

Thanks!