Submitted 1 year ago by themurphy@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Hey guys,
I’ve used PiHole for over a year now, and I really like it. I use it with WireGuard, so I always have my DNS blocker with me.
But I’ve wondered if I even have some good lists? I used some standard lists from a reddit thread when I set up my PiHole, and I’ve never looked at it since.
So what blocklists do you use? Something you can recommend?
Also, if you use Blocky or AdGuard, do you find it better than PiHole?
Oisd.nl
Something to keep in mind:
Avoid using mirrored consolidated lists, if possible; it deprives the original list maintainer of visits (meaning they may be less inclined to keep it up to date!) firebog.net
Same! Which version do you use? Small or big?
Big.
Did not know about this one! Just added it to my pi hole instance. Thank you!
It depends a bit on what you want to accomplish, the threat model, the devices in use, and other topics. I think this is a good read: avoidthehack.com/best-pihole-blocklists
Some specific social blocklists: github.com/d43m0nhLInt3r/socialblocklists
Screw you and your threat model bullshit
I use the following lists:
- StevenBlack hosts - WindowsSpyBlocker - WindowsSpyBlocker - ipv6 - Easyprivacy - Easylist - adaway - firstparty-trackers - d3host - w3kbl - Facebook - non regex - Peter Lowe Hosts
I also ensure that I have ublock origin on everything I can put it on. I’m sure the default lists are fine for pihole (I just like tinkering with things), but I recommend firebog.net for finding more lists if you so desire
Those are mine:
raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/…/hosts
raw.githubusercontent.com/…/spammers.txt
someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts
raw.githubusercontent.com/vokins/yhosts/…/hosts
winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
raw.githubusercontent.com/…/SNAFU.txt
adaway.org/hosts.txt
v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt
v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt
raw.githubusercontent.com/…/adservers.txt
v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt
raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/…/hosts
raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/…/hosts
owenthe.dev/fortnite.txt
s3.amazonaws.com/…/simple_ad.txt
pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=…
And my very own: raw.githubusercontent.com/Appoxo/…/hosts.txt
Loving that you straight up block Halo servers.
Need that for the regional search to work…Otherwise it liked to put me in US servers with a 120 ping :|
Basically the maintained ones from: firebog.net
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| IoT | Internet of Things for device controllers |
| PiHole | Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) |
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Shayeta@feddit.de 1 year ago
Nice try, Youtube dev. Better luck next time.
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
DNS blocking is the most unreliable way of blocking youtube ads you can imagine.
you could write a script to OCR your entire screen and click skip ad and it’d be more reliable than DNS blocking
Snowplow8861@lemmus.org 1 year ago
I don’t think that works on my Samsung TV, or my partners iPad though. :)
Although not especially effective on the YouTube front, it actually increases network security just by blocking api access to ad networks on those kinds of IoT and walled garden devices. Ironically my partner loves it not for YouTube but apparently all her Chinese drama streaming websites. So when we go travel and she’s subjected to those ads she’s much more frustrated than when she’s at home lol.
So the little joke while not strictly true, is pretty true just if you just say ‘streaming content provider’.