Is there any way to fool or bypass sites such as www.theinquirer.net when they detect Pi-hole? The workaround is to temporarily use Google DNS servers and then switch back on my PC.
The mentioned page does not detect anything for me - it loads as expected (modulo ads if there are some). I'm using Pi-hole with stock lists.
I have "pihole -g" in cron that runs at 7am. Have you updated the lists? Additionally, when I run "pihole disable" - the site allows me to read its content so I know for sure its detecting pi-hole.
I just did that and also made sure to have cleared the DNS cache on my local device properly. Still the same.
I'm using Chrome browser on Linux. No ad-blocking extensions installed.
The first time today when I encountered this issue, I was reading using my iPad, then when the site blocked me there, I went to my PC to see what's wrong. The PC had the same issue. After I disabled PI-hole - both PC and Ipad, I cleared my cache & cookies on my iPad only, Everything worked. So I enabled Pi-hole. Flushed cache & cookies, then tried again and its being blocked.
No biggie - workaround is to change DNS to Google. I'm using W10 & Chrome. The PC uses the DNS that the router assigns and this is my Ubuntu Pi-hole dedicated server (Zotac CI-320 nano) which also runs Zoneminder.
I was not trying to defend Pi-hole, but I just meant that I wasn't able to reproduce the situation, i.e. I'm not able to help with this particular issue. Look into your Query Lag when you open the page and try selectively whitelisting the shown domains step by step until you find a working configuration.
It was not my intention to "finger" (unintended pun!) Pi-hole, in fact I really like this even if it hobbles just one site. I will try to sort out my issue eventually. I was using squid at first but Pi-hole just knocks squid out of the parking lot. I appreciate that you took the time to validate my claim. Reproducibility is something I do understand, so I will try to define how this happens and under what circumstances. For all I know - it could be an ID10T issue! Thank you for your time in responding!
I found the easy fix - disable Javascript for this site. Once disabled - they can't detect ad blocking. Chrome defaults to globally allow Javascript.
i wouldnt recommend you to disable javascript...
some sites doesnt work without javascript. install adblock plus and tampermonkey with reeks anti adblock killer tool.
or whitelist the ads.
I've only disabled the javascript on only this site, I know what you mean. In the meantime, I'll check out your suggestions.