My telephone uses (or, tries to use) an alternative "captive portal" ("connectivity.ecloud.global" instead of "connectivitycheck.gstatic.com"). It would be nice if my eBlocker could also check for this alternative.
I don't see a way to set the captive portal, or to add another in addition to the google address.
(Of course, it would be best to be able to add an alternative, so that the google one is still checked.)
@pe1aqp The idea of the Captive Portal Blocker is not to sent any requests to google as they might be used for tracking.
If you are using a different domain for the Captive Portal Check already, you have achieved the same result: Google is not seeing the request.
Thus, I'm not sure what you are aiming at with your feature request? Is ecloud.global prone to track users? Honestly, I have never heard of it. But I'd love to learn more about the risks involved contacting this domain.
THX!
@random First: my excuses for reacting so late.
Second: Yes, you're right. I don't want to be tracked by Google. And this is a good feature of the eblocker.
But, Thirdly, I don't see why I should allow others to get that same information.
I believe that ecloud is not particularly dangerous, but why even give them the information that I switched-on my phone. Especially given that I have a device (the eblocker) that provides the same functionality in my own home network.
I was not even aware of the ecloud captive portal, until their server went down for a day or two. I don't like such hidden features (although I know the modern world is full of such features).
Just be clear: I don't want to remove google's captive portal, I would like to catch alternative captive portals as well.
Still: Thanks for the good work you all are doing!
Regards