# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hands-On Privacy Workshop: Use a Raspberry Pi to Control DNS & Block Ads 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: In this short class, students will learn how the Unix shell and DNS tools provide the foundation for managing and securing networks. Using a Raspberry Pi as a hands-on platform, participants will practice essential shell commands, connect remotely with SSH, and explore how domain names and IP addresses work through tools like nslookup and whois. Participants will then be guided step by step through installing and configuring Pi-hole, a powerful DNS-based ad blocker, to stop ads and trackers across an entire network. Students will take home their own Raspberry Pi 3 with Pi-hole installed and configured.

Topics Covered:
- Unix shell basics and Bash
- Secure remote access with SSH
- Using nslookup and whois
- History and role of BIND
- Running your own DNS for privacy on Raspberry Pi
- Installing and configuring Pi-hole
- Challenges from ad tech — and community-driven solutions

Date & Time: Wednesday, March 11th from 7:30pm- 9:00pm 

Cost: $50 for non-members, $45 for HackPGH members
Click the link below to register & pay or use FB's "Find Tickets" button
https://members.hackpgh.org/event-6564986

Be advised:
- Payment is due at time of registration. You must notify HackPGH if you wish to pay with cash.
- No-shows will NOT be refunded.
- Please notify us if you cannot attend the class at least 48 hours before the class date!
- If payment is not received 72 hours before class time, your registration will be cancelled and we will move to the waitlist!

Instructor: Jason Lines

Class size: 6 people
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pittsburgh/hands-on-privacy-workshop-use-a-raspberry-pi-to-control-dns-and-block-ads/200029665280418
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://members.hackpgh.org/event-6564986?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=pittsburgh-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Pittsburgh
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1936 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15219
- **lat**: 40.43803
- **long**: -79.97786
- **full address**: 1936 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15219

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: HackPittsburgh (https://allevents.in/org/hackpittsburgh/12907638)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1936 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15219
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** HackPittsburgh
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hands-On Privacy Workshop: Use a Raspberry Pi to Control DNS & Block Ads  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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