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===Hardware devices=== Devices such as AdTrap<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getadtrap.com |title=AdTrap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109185010/http://getadtrap.com/ |archive-date=9 January 2016 |access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> or [[Pi-hole]] use hardware to block Internet advertising. Based on reviews of AdTrap, this device uses a [[Linux]] [[Kernel (operating system)|Kernel]] running a version of PrivProxy to block ads from [[video streaming]], [[music streaming]], and any web browser,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geekinspector.com/774/reviews/hardware/adtrap-whole-network-ad-blocking-appliance-review |title=AdTrap Whole Network Ad Blocking Appliance Review |publisher=Geek Inspector |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=20 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820110235/http://geekinspector.com/774/reviews/hardware/adtrap-whole-network-ad-blocking-appliance-review |url-status=live }}</ref> while PiHole acts as a local DNS to block advertisement servers, stopping connected devices from showing most ads. Another such solution is provided for network-level ad blocking for telcos by Israeli startup Shine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-ad-blocker-shine-could-threaten-mobile-advertising-2015-5 |title=This ad blocking company has the potential to tear a hole right through the mobile web β and it has the support of carriers |newspaper=Business Insider |access-date=23 March 2019 |date=13 May 2015 |first=Lara |last=O'Reilly |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323225450/https://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-ad-blocker-shine-could-threaten-mobile-advertising-2015-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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