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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
hosts
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Does PiHole block porn?
Not by default but a blocklist can be found here https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
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Steven Black DNS blocklist blocked gstatic.com
While it is now unblocked, the Steven Black list has been blocking a lot of innocent CDNs.
jQuery: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/2520
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Open Source Ad Blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
How does this compare to using a hosts file with known ad servers?
like: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
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Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
I use the Hosts file to block a ton of ads and that works really well. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Something worth considering if your ad blocker isn't working well.
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Big things are happening with RaspAP's Ad Blocking 🛑 Users will soon have more blocklist sources to choose from
The no-tracking project used by RaspAP is shutting down, so we took the opportunity to search for open source blocklist alternatives. Among the best is Steven Black's hosts list: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
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Radar Maps: $0.50 per 1K map loads
No idea, api.radar.io is on the block list since January 2020.
The commit's comment is "major update from adaway.org"
https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts/commit/4fa0470
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Browser extensions spy on you, even if its developers don't
You can also use a declarative adblocker like uBlock Origin Lite [1], which only provides the browser with a list of elements to filter, but doesn't have any permissions to read content or perform requests. Or simply use your hosts file to apply OS-wide filtering with no browser add-ons needed: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Be aware that if you use these "passive" blocking methods, there are some sites like YouTube where you will see ads, because in these cases it's necessary to actually manipulate page content to hide them. What you can do is use a traditional adblocker but enable it only for these few sites where the declarative approach is not enough, take a look at [2] for more details.
[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home
[2] https://seirdy.one/posts/2022/06/04/layered-content-blocking...
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I installed Firefox + uBlock Origin like everyone suggested in my previous post, but this pop-up still appears, now with a 5 sec timer.
https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts if you want to do it on your PC.
- “We have nothing to do with ads ” (2021)
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[Paid Release]CCAdsBeGone - Customized Ads Blocking At Your Fingertips
When I select my custom hosts file, it basically breaks internet. However, if I choose a custom hosts file that is a copy of the dev's default, or if I just add a few lines to it, it will work. If I add too many lines, or use a different hosts file altogether (like the ones recommended by the dev), all connectivity breaks. Of course the latest official LetMeBlock is installed and mDNSResponder killed/restarted. I'm using Dopamine on A12+.
metadata
- Threat Intelligence Feeds
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Internet Archive (archive.org) blocked
Which list is blocking archive.org? If "NextDNS Ads & Trackers Blocklist", probably some kind of mistake, write about it - https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/issues
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NextDNS - Are their lists public to use in Pihole?
You can find the NextDNS lists here: https://github.com/nextdns/metadata
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Is NextDNS alive?
You can always look at github. This is just the activity for their metadata repo: https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/commits/masterFeel free to check their other repos.
- Threat intelligence feed, why blocked?
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Next DNS doesn't respond to any help issues.
NextDNS gives you a whole bunch of 3rd party filters, maintained by random dudes in Github repos as a hobby. We support some of them too in the "3rd party filters" tab, however we don't encourage anyone to actually use them, as we have our own Native filters, that we've built up over the course of 5 years based on feedback for millions of Windscribe (our sister company) users. Our native filters are highly effective, and prone to much fewer false positives. We recommend you try them, you will be pleasantly surprised with how they perform. I guarantee you that you will spend 90% less time making whitelist rules for false blocks... or your money back :) "Native tracking protection" filters are all part of the IoT Filter. NextDNS has the individual toggles, which enforce this small set of rules. Out IoT filter enforces all of them, as well as 10x more things.
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Problems with parental controls
Here is the list: https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/blob/master/parentalcontrol/categories/video-streaming.json
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Ad blocking
Here's those native blocking lists from NextDNS: https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/tree/master/privacy/native
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what happened to Energized ultimate?
From https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/blob/master/privacy/blocklists/energized-ultimate.json the link used is https://block.energized.pro/ultimate/formats/domains.txt which currently contains nothing but comments.
- SafeSearch Alternative Browsers
What are some alternatives?
blitz-app-adblock - Simple and quick patcher that blocks ads/trackers on the Blitz.gg desktop application.
blacklist - Blacklist and Adware Blocking for the Ubiquiti EdgeMax Router
shallalist - DISCONTINUED!!! - Unpacked ShallaList Repo
NXEnhanced - Adds "quality-of-life" features to NextDNS website for a more practical usability
uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
FTL - The Pi-hole FTL engine
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
pihole-antitelemetry - A research-based starter pihole list to improve your privacy
easylist - EasyList filter subscription (EasyList, EasyPrivacy, EasyList Cookie, Fanboy's Social/Annoyances/Notifications Blocking List)
blahdns - A small hobby ads block dns project with doh, dot, dnscrypt support.
hosts-blocklists - Automatically updated, moderated and optimized lists for blocking ads, trackers, malware and other garbage
cname-trackers - This repository contains a list of popular CNAME trackers