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user.js
Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
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The Blocklist Project
These lists were created because the founder of the project wanted something with a little more control over what is being blocked. Many lists out there are all or nothing. We set out to create lists with more control over what is being blocked and believe that we have accomplished that. (by blocklistproject)
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hosts-blocklists
Discontinued Automatically updated, moderated and optimized lists for blocking ads, trackers, malware and other garbage
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Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist
The Ultimate Unified Hosts file for protecting your network, computer, smartphones and Wi-Fi devices against millions of bad web sites. Protect your children and family from gaining access to bad web sites and protect your devices and pc from being infected with Malware or Ransomware.
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SaaSHub
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Digital Hygiene
Why use NextDNS when you can use a lightweight, native solution[1]? Sorry if this sounds condescending but I need less services and not more.
[1]: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
uBlock Origin still works in Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
And you can, I believe, still just modify your hosts table to block out ads in Chrome. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Or your router's DNS using something like NextDNS. https://nextdns.io/
Ads suck. Support content where you can, but even when you pay they still serve ads / tracking scripts. So fuck 'em. Block all the ads.
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Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results
You could get a step closer to that and integrate it into your DNS: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
The upside is that it would go beyond your browser to anything on your machine that makes a DNS request.
> Another great function (not for this plugin) should be the option to "bundle" all search results from the same domain. Stuff them under one collapsible entry.
That would be really cool. Just zip it up if you don't want to see that domain for that specific search.
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Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported
Time for a reminder that pretty good ad-blocking can be done with no software at all, just a customised hosts file - https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts :-)
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Ask HN: What are you replacing uBlock Origin with?
A hosts file from https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts, not using JavaScript with LibreSJS + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/workarounds-f... to browse
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Chrome Is Entrenching Third-Party Cookies That Will Mislead Users
> DoH and similar technologies don't override /etc/hosts.
It seems that it does:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1544233
https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/968
https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/e64073/dns_over_ht...
https://www.liquidweb.com/help-docs/Fixing-Firefox-Bypassing...
https://superuser.com/questions/437649/firefox-not-taking-no...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37452361/why-is-my-hosts...
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Manifest V2 phase-out begins
Well at least the techie crowd can still use /etc/hosts (or the equivs on Mac/Win) which, if frequently-enough (weekly, biweekly, even monthly is enough) updated with the https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts , seems to "block" ads sufficiently well (no in-page DOM node removals of course, just network-unreachable image/script/iframe/popup URLs).
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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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A note from our sponsor - Stream
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StevenBlack/hosts is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.
hosts is marked as "self-hosted". This means that it can be used as a standalone application on its own.
The primary programming language of hosts is Python.
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