EDIT: Thanks so much guys! This was really helpful, and I didn’t imagine so many would help out!
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?
Nice try, Youtube dev. Better luck next time.
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 blockingI 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’.
This is the GOAT 🐐
Same! Which version do you use? Small or big?
I’m using all the ‘green’ lists from Firebog.
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: https://avoidthehack.com/best-pihole-blocklists
Some specific social blocklists: https://github.com/d43m0nhLInt3r/socialblocklists
Those are mine: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matomo-org/referrer-spam-blacklist/master/spammers.txt https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vokins/yhosts/master/hosts
https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RooneyMcNibNug/pihole-stuff/master/SNAFU.txt
https://adaway.org/hosts.txt
https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt
https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/UncheckyAds/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/hosts
https://owenthe.dev/fortnite.txt https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hostsAnd my very own: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Appoxo/Ad-List/master/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 :|
I’ve been quite happy after recently switching to Hagezi
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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This has worked great for me
