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by 000ooo000 931 days ago
I'm not refuting what youre saying in any way; this is just a related suggestion for anyone using PiHole who occasionally runs into what you've described.

There's an Android app called flutterhole which can connect to and activate your pihole's 'pause blocking' feature. I have found this to be the easiest way around the scenario the poster above has mentioned. Doesn't help with figuring out PiHole is responsible obviously. HTH.
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alargemoose 931 days ago
Since you shared an android app, I’ll share the iOS app I use for the same purpose, called “Pi-Hole Remote”

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1515445551

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califsp484 931 days ago
This looks convenient and powerful. Good share!

I personally setup an instance of Homebridge on the device running Pi-Hole, then use HomeKit on my Apple products to turn Pi-Hole on/off as if it were a light bulb.

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bigethan 931 days ago
Pi-holes have an api that lets you hit a url that’ll pause the blocking for a configurable time. I use a Mac shortcut, but even a bookmark would work
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